I could go with the easy answer we live with in walking distance to Dark Horse Headquarters’ what kind of mother would I be if my son didn’t have a collection of comics living that close to a publishing house? The truth is I feel there are some important lessons my son can learn from comic book heroes.
For example Spiderman, Peter Parker doesn’t set out in the beginning to help any one other than himself. He likes the fame, adoration, and paycheck but he is doing nothing for the greater good. He lets the very robber who ends up killing Uncle Ben escape previous to going hero. The truth is in most of our day-to-day lives we would of too, it is easier to look the other way and only worry about ourselves. However once this tragedy unfolds he realizes he has the power to do something more than be a bystander.
Next up Ironman, Tony Stark is a billionaire playboy and weapon inventing and manufacturing genius. He’s also mercenary with their sales not really caring for more than next good time and payday. Initially the Ironman suit isn’t even built for fighting evil it’s built for survival and to get out of a rather nasty prison. This is when he evolves into the hero he realizes that he has unleashed evil into the world and that someone needs to be out there fighting the good fight protecting the innocent. Given that he has the financial means and technology who better than him
I could continue but I would hate to offend any of the publishing companies, writers, or fans with my synopsis of heroes. Yes they are way deeper and more complex than I am giving in my summary could I turn this into a multi page thesis probably. Am I leaving out major portions of story line, why yes indeed I am if your curious good go support a local comics store and pick up and origins story.
Do I want my son scaling walls and trying to fight crime; no not really maybe in 20 years if he decides he wants a career in law enforcement we’ll talk? I do want him to grow up knowing people are usually genuinely good, they make mistakes though, its ok to be flawed our flaws give us character and make us human.
More important than any lesson I read my son comics because it is fun and it will hopefully encourage him on the path of literacy. If it doesn’t than I will be the cool grandma at the nursing home reading my graphic novels.
Oh I should probably mention as awesome as it would have been no this post was not sponsored by Marvel, DC, Imagine, Dark Horse Comics or any other publishing house. Spiderman and Ironman were chosen at random by a sleep-deprived mom trying to make a point and schlep down to Things From Another World and buy our reading materials myself. Also if you see above I in no way endorse becoming a super hero and fighting crime yourself unless; you’re bitten by a radioactive spider, discover you have special mutant genetics, etc. (That should cover legalities right)
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