grammar and meaning
1. Are "run" and "become" referring to "the superhero" here?

2. Can you explain the meaning of the paragraph briefly? Does it mean that superheroes, whose stories were no longer limited to the pages of newspapers, with their supernatural abilities like running faster than a train became good ideals in modern world for resistance against industrialization?

"No longer constrained by the width of a newspaper page, the dynamic action of the superhero helped sustain the expanded narratives that could run ‘‘faster than a locomotive’’ to become the ideal masters of the modern world, with a power great enough to contend with the terrifying forces of industrialization."

Question

grammar and meaning
1. Are "run" and "become" referring to "the superhero" here?

2. Can you explain the meaning of the paragraph briefly? Does it mean that superheroes, whose stories were no longer limited to the pages of newspapers, with their supernatural abilities like running faster than a train became good ideals in modern world for resistance against industrialization?

"No longer constrained by the width of a newspaper page, the dynamic action of the superhero helped sustain the expanded narratives that could run ‘‘faster than a locomotive’’ to become the ideal masters of the modern world, with a power great enough to contend with the terrifying forces of industrialization."

Answer

This is difficult to answer because one needs to see in what context this is being written  But the answer to question 1 is yes it is referring to the superhero.

Question 2 is basically saying that superheroes have become so much more than what a comic strip is able to convey in the 5 little square boxes and now can fill a book or a movie with their story.  Their stories are perfect for dealing with our today's world as evidenced by say examples like spiderman, Arrow, the Flash and all the proliferation of superhero movies evidenced today.

Hope that helps

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