Like most children, I loved super heroes but I think my obsession with them bordered on the obsessive. In my teen years this changed and it was rock stars I held in the same light.
It occurred to me only yesterday why I was so obsessed and how this fascination eased over to the rock star genre.
The reason was so obvious! More than anything I wanted to be able to run, jump, play and do all things physical as well as any of my friends. Imagine then, being able to outdo them in these physical feats! That was what super heroes could do. That’s what I wanted to be able to do!
I didn’t much like Spiderman or other animal or specific skill superheroes. I didn’t want to be a spider hybrid. It was more the humans with all-round superior human qualities that I liked.