The Influence of Super Heros

Growing up I was fascinated by super heros. Saturday morning cartoons, comics, merchandise; I loved it all. The funny thing is I can attribute many of my good qualities from things I've learned from my favorite heros. Spiderman and his alter ego Peter Parker taught me to use my mind, and to have responsibility. The Fantastic Four made me value family. Iron Man and Batman taught me that you didn't even need to have special powers to be exceptional. All these fictional characters had a real involvement in my life. I can trace my fascination with women to what I had seen Tony Stark do in Iron Man episodes. My nerdy side which didn't always succeede with the ladies was nurtured by the same nerdy side of Peter Parker. Now that I'm older, and these old cartoons are becoming made into live action movies, I can't help but appreciate the lessons these characters have taught me. Plus it makes me feel like a kid again and I couldn't be more excited for the newest movie (IRON MAN on May 2nd) to be released. Ah, to be a kid again.