Instead of dramatizing the John Henry story, they've turned their attention to Henry's partner, the shaker--the man who turned the steel rod that Henry hit with his mighty hammer. After all ...

Bigger and more boastful, John Henry represented the powerful potential of the working class. In the 1930s, the “steel drivin’ man” may have been the model for the man of steel – Superman.

The story goes that a man brought to the mountain a steam drill he had invented that, he claimed, could do the work of the men on the steel gang line. John Henry stepped up and said, “I can prove to ...

Johnson himself will work as a producer and also play steel-driving' man John Henry, who in the famed folk song defeated a steel-powered drill in a race that led to his death. In a Facebook post ...

Wedding bells are in the air as DC unveils the first look at the highly anticipated wedding between two iconic Superman Family members—Lana Lang and John Henry ... flood of Man of Steel content ...

The CW have released a new poster for the series premiere of The Flash, hitting the airwaves on […] ...

Cavill was probably best known for his role on TV’s “The Tudors,” in which he played Charles Brandon, a statesman to King Henry ... “Iron Man” movies. For Cavill, however, “Man of ...

Dorn told Polygon that aside from Steel’s rarity as a Black superhero ... “Ain’t no machine made can beat a man,” John Henry declares in Pal’s short, “once a man got a mind he can ...