-children=impressionable minds; superpowers stick in them -go through human struggles of acceptance, love, etc usually strong moral compass -”costumed crime fighters”
-Lamarckian -Superman= alien -xmen= “xgene” xmen seen to push evolution to be credible children desire for evolution to be true because they want to be ‘super’ also make compatible with spiritual truths -evolution seen as unidirectional towards powerful humans -evolution does NOT add things into genome, only alters it
-powerful beings promote societal beliefs -war against the Axis of Evil cptn america vs hitler batman & robin “buy war bonds” -60s/70s fantastic 4 spiderman - rough life batman- menace to society racism- black panther; blue beetle (mexican) -80’ watchmen The Dark Knight Returns -current Justice League questioning President Lex if okay to invace Qurac must register identities with government No Ordinary Family=identity of heros in lives heroes= -$2.5 billion from recent spiderman movies -$1.1 billion Xmen -POWER: gives humans power 20th century= subversive messaging (ie:children) political, sexual, social, philosophical EVOLUTION