Superheroes and capes go together like peanut butter and jelly. If you want to create a shorthand image to describe a superhero, you just draw a buff guy or girl wearing a cape, right? This fact ...
Capes have been synonymous with comic book superheroes since the 1930s, and this video essay explores where this tradition comes from. Superheroes and capes go together like peanut butter and jelly.