Comicbook Superheroes as Mythology The story of Moses, David’s slaying of Goliath, the labours of Hercules, Gilgamesh’s battle against mortality itself, ‘all resonate with what would later become the stuff of superhero legend’[1]. C.G. Jung and others[2] have written about archetypal theories such as the ‘universal hero’ and in The Hero With A Thousand Faces, … Continue reading The Comicbook Superhero: Myth For Our Times – Nigel Kaw