Titled Musings

So I'm back, with more ruminations on pop culture (no surprise there). For the last few years or so, superheroes and hero/villain culture has been seemingly everywhere. Half of my friends are die-hard Avengers fans, and of the other half, I'd say 90-95% of them would argue that Batman and the DC comics are better. All this to say, there are very few college students who don't have some  knowledge of superheroes, myself included. I've never been much of a comic book person myself--while I can appreciate the artistry and the ridiculous amount of outlining, preparation, and development it takes people to create plots, characters, and entire universes that weave seamlessly into each other, I've always been more of a "give me lots of words and I'll visualize the rest of the details myself, thanks" sort of person. But, I love the plotlines, as most people do. Even the most anti-superhero-movie human admits some satisfaction in the plots of these comics, ...