What makes comic super heroes special? Aside from the super powers, the spandex costumes, the secret identities, and their perfectly scripted lines, you would think that there would be a limit to how many super heroes there would be. Yet if you look around the various medias, youll find these super heroes popping up left and right like mushrooms after a thunderstorm. That must mean each one is fundamentally unique, right? Not really.
Each super hero has his or her own unique audience that waits with bated breath for the next adventure. Though each and every one of these comic super heroes is unique by their own right, they have common ties that bond them to readers. One of the most powerful bonds that tie a fan to the superhero would be the effect that good and evil has on the superhero, and how he or she interprets these moral issues.
Here are a couple of examples of how, exactly, these bonds are formed and maintained on a basis of good and evil:
The Paragon: The first hero that comes to mind for a Paragon would be Superman: the super hero that stands for everything that is good and just. People find themselves looking for an example that good triumphs...