Your Superhero Origin

Throughout their relatively short history, superheroes (and by extension the comic book medium which popularized the superhero archetype) have gone from being loved and appreciated to maligned and forgotten, and then loved once again.

Let’s imagine, for a moment, that Your Superhero Origin is a class or course in school. Now, what does every course need? Why, a syllabus or list of required texts, of course. And this class is no different.

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of interlinked pieces that will be posted under the unifying title and category of Your Superhero Origin. Originally, it was intended to a book, and essentially it still is. I initially had plans to self-publish this book, both for the desired speed …