When I was, I don't know, 10 to 19, I read a lot of comic books.
Most notably reprints of Claremont's second-to-none run on Uncanny X-men, and Stan Lee's original run on Amazing Spider-man. But also a wide swath of the big two and independent comics.
Most notably reprints of Claremont's second-to-none run on Uncanny X-men, and Stan Lee's original run on Amazing Spider-man. But also a wide swath of the big two and independent comics.
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I weakly suspect that this had a pretty deep impact on me.
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, as they say.
You do the right thing, even when you're poor and down on your luck. Even if the world hates and fears you.
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, as they say.
You do the right thing, even when you're poor and down on your luck. Even if the world hates and fears you.
I obviously had a lot of power, of a sort, and I was something between bemused / angry / disdainful that most people around me were eg impulsively buying pretty stupid objects and not giving money to charity.
When I heard that the world was in danger, the obvious thing to do was to give my all trying to save it.
What else was I going to do? Wander away?
What else was I going to do? Wander away?
(Also, one of the most important through-lines in my life is my quest to acquire superpowers.)
I've been morally strident since at least age 8, or so. I expect that a lot of this was genetic.
But I also think the comics were formative.
But I also think the comics were formative.
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