Gladiator
by Philip Wylie · 1930
Popularity 17
Scientist Abednego Danner discovers a serum which grants superpowers. He injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son is born with powers like those of Superman (created a few years later). What follows is the story of Hugo's search for his place in the world.
FictionHuman experimentation in medicineMuscle strengthLonelinessAlienation (Social psychology)Fathers and sonsFiction, science fiction, generalIndividualismAmerican Science fictionScience fictionFathers and sons -- FictionPsychological fiction