Superheroes and Scientists as Agents for Societal and Technological Advancement

With their current rise to prominence, it is near impossible to avoid superheroes (and villains) in every sphere of life in the world around us. With comics, hit television shows, video games, and blockbuster films, it is quite obvious that the public has connected with these characters-many of them decades old-in an unprecedented way, and the trend does not appear to be slowing down. To some, this development is driven by nostalgia. I grew up as a comicbook reader and fondly remember mornings watching X-Men: The Animated Series and going through gobs of quarters keeping Wolverine alive in the X-Men arcade game.