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i’ve been reading a lot of (superhero) comics recently, and i want to talk about the ones that have been resonating with me.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_icon font_icon=”||fa||900″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”122px|||||” custom_padding=”0px||1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-172px|||||” custom_padding=”61px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Why Superheroes?” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_font_size=”72px” background_color=”#E02B20″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|auto|-101px|auto||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”371.4px” custom_padding=”39px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In a lot of ways my love for superheroes seems kind of contrary to my core beliefs. I don’t tend to like stories about action, and superheroes stories are typically very masculine. I also personally feel that the overall perception of them does a lot of harm to modern feminist movements and to efforts to decrease toxic masculine.<\/p>\n However, I strongly believe that the actual art of superhero stories itself, at their deepest roots, are distinctly against concepts like toxic masculinity, and in a lot of ways are even distinctly anti-government. These are stories about good people doing good, saving people, and respecting others. Yeah there’s fighting but it’s always first and foremost about protecting humanity, and I think there’s something so beautiful about the idea that humanity is worth protecting even after all we’ve done.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/practice.williamh78.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5329.jpg” title_text=”IMG_5329″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”40px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_font_size=”59px” min_height=”25.6px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” inline_fonts=”Abhaya Libre” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I also just love me some dynamic compelling characters with larger than life designs, personalities, and moral standards<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n me as conner kent, halloween 2024<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Why Comics???” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”||||||||” title_text_align=”right” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_font_size=”76px” background_color=”#0C71C3″ custom_padding=”||6px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”79.6px” custom_margin=”||-80px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”77px” custom_padding=”||57px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_icon font_icon=”w||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Comics are hard to get into. Since I love superheroes so much it would make a lot more sense for me to get into a medium of superhero storytelling that was wildly more accessible. There’s just one problem with that….<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_5,1_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”2px||38px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/practice.williamh78.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003_095225-scaled.jpg” title_text=”20251003_095225″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|-55px|-7px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/practice.williamh78.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20240620_210718-1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”20240620_210718 (1)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|-54px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Those mediums are lowkey bad” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”ABeeZee|600|||||||” title_text_align=”right” title_text_color=”#E02B20″ title_font_size=”65px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”95%” custom_padding=”|||38px||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Obviously that’s just my opinion, and I’m being a little dramatic, but it is generally how I feel. A lot of other mediums don’t quite capture what I like about superhero stories from the place they originated;<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”also note that for legal reasons I couldn’t include any screenshots of the comics… so you get my silly little doodles of the main characters of each of the books I’m talking about or various other related images….” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”||on||||||” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#0C71C3″ custom_margin=”-44px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-57px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n All that being said; here’s…<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||-94px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”The List” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”–et_global_heading_font|800|||||||” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_font_size=”93px” background_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px||61px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Young Justice 1998″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”||||||||” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#000000″ min_height=”23px” custom_margin=”11px|||||” custom_padding=”||3px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-27px|auto|-168px|auto||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/practice.williamh78.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2cf240ab-1714-4c75-84bf-3bf772aba464-scaled.png” title_text=”2cf240ab-1714-4c75-84bf-3bf772aba464″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-51px|41px||||” custom_padding=”33px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”229.2px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Written by Peter David, this series chronicles a group of young super heroes in a post-crisis world, where young vigilantes are frowned upon and discouraged. They work to prove themselves as worthwhile heroes, and they also grow and learn the way their mistakes affect the people around them.\u00a0<\/p>\n Featuring snappy dialogue, likeable characters, and themes of childhood trauma and growing up, Young Justice is an undeniably fun time, even for newcomers to the medium<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”63px” custom_padding=”2px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|73px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Tom Taylor gets what makes Dick Grayson interesting. Every inch of this book, gorgeously illustrated by Bruno Redondo, is a testament to the legacy of Nightwing. An important bit of context for this section is that I love Nightwing. Nightwing is my girlie pop slay icon. I adore him, and this book personifies why more than any other.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dick has this power to bring people together, to inspire hope in communities that have lost them, to make efforts to help individuals even when the system meant to protect them is activley working against them. Dick is going to break a law if it means saving a life, and that is so clear in the humanitarian anthology guest of the week format Tom Taylor uses for this run. It’s hard for me to read any other versions of Nightwing now if I’m being honest because this run nails him so deeply.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/practice.williamh78.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ffc8cadd-b336-461e-9a00-fdc08f659244.png” title_text=”ffc8cadd-b336-461e-9a00-fdc08f659244″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”481.2px” custom_margin=”-111px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”All New Wolverine” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”-43px|||||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”462.4px” custom_margin=”-95px|auto|-124px|auto||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/practice.williamh78.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250903_140433-scaled.jpg” title_text=”20250903_140433″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”47px||100px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Another Tom Taylor written story, this book chronicles the adventures of New Wolverine Laura Kinney. This book predates his work on Nightwing by around 5 years, and it seems to be cut from the same cloth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Laura as a character is tormented by the legacy of her murderous predecessor, but also lovingly remembers him as a father figure to her. She has to handle these conflicting truths as she takes his name and figures out what kind of hero she wants to be. Again, Taylor delivers a dynamic cast of characters that elevate Laura’s story and growth as a character, as well as conflicts and stories that deeply push her to become an elevated version of herself.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||-167px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Titans (2016)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”-32px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/practice.williamh78.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000023551.png” title_text=”1000023551″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-45px|auto||auto||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|-366px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n This run on Titans is a story about a group of friends that time and space literally cannot keep apart. All the forces in the world are working to keep these friends from working together but they do it anyway. They fight the impossible odds and the opinions of their mentors, and the literal concept of time to stay together and love each other. A lot of this stuff is really sappy almost “power of friendship” stuff, but it really works for me here because you really believe in the bond between these characters. When the roster changes the quality drops substantially, however. I’m not even sure if it has the same writers. Those first 30 or so issues are spectacular though and really focus on why I love this team. (Also, surprise, surprise, another Nightwing focused book)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||-107px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Marauders” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”398.2px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/practice.williamh78.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250303_134735-scaled.jpg” title_text=”20250303_134735″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-53px|139px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Ok, if I’m being honest Marauders isn’t great, but I love the vibes. Kate Pryde is one of the most beloved X-Men, and the team at Marvel has been struggling to know what to do with her in a post “New X-Men” era. They figured it out. Pair her with Emma, make her a pirate. I fear that concept eats.<\/p>\n Kate Pryde gets to rebel against the system while technically still being in the system (her favorite thing it seems) harder than ever before, and her personal story, plus the dynamic between her and Emma Frost are especially good. There are quite a bit of other fun stories here and there. 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After some tragic losses, the Young Justice gang is taken in by the former teen titans to form a new version of the team. If Young Justice is about learning to feel pain growing up in a world of joy, Teen Titans (2003) is about learning to feel joy growing up in a world of pain. It is Young Justice but angsty (which is what Teen Titans usually is anyway, it’s just particularly interesting to see it with these characters who were so joyful in the previous series). However the solemness of the story does not feel hopeless or tone deaf, but rather kind of beautiful? 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