Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Superheroes and expectations
The first comic I remember having was one of the Justice League of America. Universes of heroes were together celebrating their success at protecting the world when a group of super vilans (thats the rule you can't have a super hero without his counterpart) plotted on what it would take to take out the best superheroes and put them into stasis. Eventually the rest of the superheroes would be defeated too and the world would belong to the vilains. The names were big names for their time: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Latern, Black Canary, the Flash, Firestorm, Hawkman and Atom.
As a teen I collected Spider-man, Hulk, Daredevil, Superman, Batman, X-Force, X-Men, New Warriors, and Star Wars
Since then I've moved on to other comics: The Tick, Mystery Men, Freakazoid, and heroes who can laugh at themselves. What I have learned about being a hero from all of them is that there is responsibility with whatever you have been giving, sometimes good and bad becomes the choice of better and best, it may appear easier to go at it alone - yet there is no accounting for a good friend, and as much as you may want you cannot forget your past, but only make a new future.
As a teen I collected Spider-man, Hulk, Daredevil, Superman, Batman, X-Force, X-Men, New Warriors, and Star Wars
Since then I've moved on to other comics: The Tick, Mystery Men, Freakazoid, and heroes who can laugh at themselves. What I have learned about being a hero from all of them is that there is responsibility with whatever you have been giving, sometimes good and bad becomes the choice of better and best, it may appear easier to go at it alone - yet there is no accounting for a good friend, and as much as you may want you cannot forget your past, but only make a new future.
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