ABSTRACT

There are very clear distinctions to be made between the legends, myths, and stories about superheroes that we cover from the sixteenth to the twenty-first week in our program. Obviously, they are related to one another in many ways, and though the more contemporary superhero stories, comics, novels, and films often blur the distinctions, it is important to offer definitions to the students that they can modify as they realize how precise and relative a definition may be.