How Growing Up With Depression Made Me Fall In Love With Superman

Everybody has this idea that Superman is boring because he’s kind, and I don’t think people realize how hard it is to be truly kind and how that makes Superman more interesting than he gets credit for. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:770/1*hEPEYJ7P7AK7I1JU2FnW9g.jpeg" style="height:366px; width:700px" /> I grew up in the age of the Tim Burton Batman movies. I was literally three years old when “Batman ‘89” came out. Consequently, I grew up a fervent Batman fan. I still love Batman. I mean, he’s basically Detective Hamlet. This lost orphan kid who’s returned home to his father’s kingdom to become literally “the world’s best detective.” What’s not to love about that character? He has some of the best villains in all of comics, some of the most iconic storylines, and a great cast of extraneous characters and it helps that almost all of the Batman movies are genuinely great films. It’s sincerely easy to be a Batman fan. And I still would consider him to be my favorite superhero. That being said, Batman is kind of a depressing and cynical character. I mean, there are multiple storylines revolving around how he has a plan to take out each member of the Justice League should he need to. The guy is considerably cynical, and so was I in my teens and early twenties. <a href="https://medium.com/@richardfoltz/everybody-has-this-idea-that-superman-is-boring-because-hes-kind-and-i-don-t-think-people-realize-447e06ec9cae">Visit Now</a>