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And of course, Superman and Captain Marvel, as well as Wonder Woman, three of the first superheroes, don't even wear masks. If, of the Trinity only Batman wears one, and he was more influenced by Zorro, who was based on (I think) the Scarlett Pimpernel, then they were fighting the establishment, which takes it away from vigilantiism.... but I haven't done enough research to know for sure. (I mean, there's also the legend of the Boston Tea Party where the revolutionaries wore disguises... but again, one could write a PhD dissertation on this topic as there are so many examples)
I agree, but there is no shortage of period-piece movies or tv shows. This is nothing new. Is it the politically-charged issues of this show that makes it more of a topic now as opposed to say,"Wonder Woman?" Because I thought that movie was terrible for its use of history.