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British gaming company Ladbrokes recently conducted a survey about superheroes and published some stunning results: men like hot chicks and women like rich guys!

'Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Power and Responsibility' does a great job of drawing out the original 11-page storyline into a full graphic novel. The key to refreshing the story for the modern era is Begley’s artwork, which pops off the page.

Iron Man 3 devotes a surprising amount of time to showing Tony without the suit, almost to the point where some viewers might be disappointed that he doesn’t spend more time suited up. Personally, I was thrilled because it shows an important lesson that I had hoped at least one of the movies, at some point, would show.

Pop Mythology is all about using superhero stories and imagery to bring out your inner hero in a symbolic way. Sometimes, though, symbolic just doesn’t seem good enough. Sometimes, we want to literally put on some spandex and go clobber bad guys. Well, thanks to the upcoming game Marvel Heroes, …

One of the central ideas of this blog is that superheroes are our modern-day gods and demi-gods. They serve many of the same purpose for us as the pantheons of gods served for their respective cultures. I’m speaking here from a cultural and psychological viewpoint, not a theological or metaphysical …