Christopher Nolan has said The Odyssey ‘s source material, the epic poem by ancient Greek writer Homer, was the superhero story of its time. Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , the British director said Homer’s original work, which chronicles the King of Ithaca’s dangerous journey home after the Trojan War, was the “Marvel of its day.” Nolan made the comment after Colbert recounted how The Odyssey ‘s cast has superhero pedigree, including Spider-Man Tom Holland , Batman Robert Pattinson, and Catwoman Anne Hathaway. “Even comic book culture, whether you’re talking about Marvel or D.C. or all the rest, a lot of it comes pretty directly from the Homeric Epics,” Nolan explained. “The thing about Homer is, nobody knows if that was a person. Homer, in a way, is the sort of George Lucas of his time.” Watch on Deadline The Oppenheimer director added: “The thing about Homer, it is the Marvel of its day.…