10 Historically Affected Pop-Culture Portraits

While the idea of Spiderman flinging web at Nazis may seem inaccurate, many iconic superheroes found their routes in the midst of WWII, these Revamped Vintage Hero Portraits pay homage to the ancestral routes of masked vigilantes.

Taking the aesthetics of the artwork that inspired the creation of super heroes and applying it to modern day depictions of those characters creates what appears to be a juxtaposing image. However, illustrations like the Romantic Retro Superhero Renderings are in fact an accurate portrayal of how those superheroes would have been portrayed if the popular aesthetics at the time of their conception (pin-up girls) was applied to comic books.

Yes science fiction and retro don’t often go hand in hand, but the foundations for which modern Sci-Fi grew out of was established long before Star Wars or Avatar. The Rusted Action Hero Armor goes to show just how old the popular heroes are.