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My Super Childhood
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Heroes come in many forms, from athletes to artists, police officers, firefighters, Doctors, EMTs, andmilitary servicemen. Superheros and super-villains are a staple of everyone's childhood. There isat least someone in a person's life they love or admire. They give kids someone to look up to andgives them a goal to be just like them. As a kid, I grew up with many superheros and villains from Batman toThe Flash, Lex Luthor to The Joker, and Captain America to Thanos. These characters from mychildhood have helped shaped me into who I am today. I was more fluent with the shows ofsuperheros than With comics as a kid, until I got older and grew more of an interest in reading.So most of my views will be from the animated shows with some comic references.I grew up with Batman The Animated Series, both Justice League series, X-men, andSpider-man. As a child I loved Spider-man and Batman. Spider-man is young and care free whouses his powers to help people. Though he is reckless and at times immature, he knows how tohave a sense of humor during his battles with his villains. As I grew up I learned to laugh at thingsthat made me uneasy. Batman showed me that there are other ways to deal with a problem andto be sympathetic towards others that most would find "off' or crazy. That's what makes hisrivalry with Joker that much more interesting. You have two extremes fighting against each other.One taking a tragedy and turning it into a strength and the other is letting it take over and drivehim to insanity. The common answer would be to just get rid of The Joker, but Batman doesn't dothat. He sees that there is something wrong with The Joker, but he feels that he can be cured.Another case is in Justice League Unlimited when Ace has created an illusion and AmandaWaller, the woman who is part of the government who deals with heroes and villains on a regularbasis says the only way to prevent a catastrophic event from happening is to kill her. Batmanoffers to go, but doesn't kill her, he talks to her and in the end saves the day his way, letting hergo in peace. That's pure compassion and understanding. The Flash in the Justice League showis another good example of compassion and understanding when it comes to a villain named"The Trickster", who is a less crazy and slightly less harmless version of The Joker. Flash tellshim that he needs to turn himself in along with taking his medication and that if he does he'll visithim at the hospital in return for information about a few other villains. Trickster agrees and goespeacefully, knowing that he did wrong, but wanted to have some of his old freedom,which Flash gets and talks him into going back, treating him like someone who is sick, not evil.Villains have that effect too. There are some that are sympathetic and that you canunderstand their reasons and actions. Mr. Freeze is a great example of a sympathetic villain.Though it was adapted from the animated series into the comics, his actions are due to revengefor his wife's death and his own way of justification to relate to that event. So you understand whyhe does the things he does. Another is Magneto, who justifies his actions for a cause. His causebeing that mutants are superior to humans. He looks after those that follow him and tries to geton the right path. What sets him apart is that he tries to redeem himself and make up for hispast mistakes. Which is a great moral to show to readers and it develops the character.While comic book characters are vast in numbers, everyone always has a favorite for manyreasons. Some for what they can do, such as abilities, others for who they are, and still othersfor what they do and why they do those actions. As a child I looked at characters like Batman forhis compassion and Spider-man for his bravery. It shows in my adulthood and how my moralswere shaped. I used that compassion and bravery to stand up to people and understand them.Morals from both and more have shaped me into who I am today as a person Idols can be whatdrives a person to strive to be like them and they can be anyone. Mine were comic book heroesand villains. They are my childhood and I will always look back at them With a smile.
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Hoju Koolander Posted on Sep 24, 2017 at 03:11 AM
You're right, despite the constant fighting, comic book heroes do often represent the best ideals of humanity, even in the face of "evil". Spider-Man especially with The Lizard, Green Goblin or even Venom always tried to talk sense into his foes, understanding they were mentally unwell.
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