Super Seminar short notes

Group A:

• Different belifs in crime fighting
• Weaknesses: Kryptonite (home) versus more (crazy) enemies
• Mortal versus effectively immortal
• Powers versus perfected humanity
• Homosexual confusion versus heterosexual certainty
• Outfits and secret identity

Group B:

• Hercules compared to Superman
• Thoth--Egyptian god with ibis' head
• Legba--Voodoo loa between life and death, mortal and immortal
• Perseus--Could be himself, unlike the two superheroes
• Ganesh--Hindu god with head of elephant
• John Henry

Group C:

• Great Depression and into World War II
• Too super? How to deal with Superman not ending war? Homefront
• Why not punch Hitler?
• What about other WWII superheroes like Captain America?