Superheroes are having quite a good year, huh?
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is the second highest-grossing domestic film release of all time, “Avengers: Doomsday” generated $16.5 million in advance ticket sales after the first day of availability last month, and trailers for the Marvel’s Wolverine video game have earned millions of views in the last year on YouTube.
Superhero stories are quite popular in films and television and video games, but the most popular trace their origins to comic books. To quote the late, great Stan Lee: “I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: Entertainment is one of the most important things in people’s lives. Without it, they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you’re able to entertain, you’re doing a good thing.”…