Pisani, Joseph. "The Smartest Superheroes." Business Week Online, copyright 2006, page 8 URL: http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.marymountpv.edu/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=112&sid=3edf1043-4ec2-4f0a-81df-9c2f69dfcad4%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=21505354
The journal reviews that one possible and large aspect of superheroes are high in demand and popularity is because of their intelligence. Superheroes are popular because they use their intelligence which is every bit as important as their powers to fight off evil. For many of the most popular characters in the superhero world, intellect is one of their key arsenals, that great power "unfettered by intelligence can often have terrible consequences, they learn how to harness their powers intelligently."
One of the newspaper articles that I can across in my research was "Invasion of the Superheroes," which was the name of the article. This magazine article is deals with the theory of popularity in superheroes in that, "I've seen them all this summer, looking for common themes and conflicts that might help us understand today's American psyche. Judging by the movies, we don't place our first priority on superheroes immigrating from a distant planet, a la KaI-El from Krypton (Clark Kent); we prefer heroes who come from ordinary circumstances but do extraordinary things - a little like ourselves. We prefer quasi-natural explanations for their superpowers - a spider bite, a chemical spill, a nuclear reaction, or a genetic predisposition - and we want them to be reluctant men or women who are not motivated by lust or greed and would just as soon not have the responsibility of possessing super powers." (Skousan).
This pertains to the scholarly article as well, delving into the issue of intelligence in superheroes, a quality that we all posess, hence "a little like ourselves" are the best kind of superheroes to us and the most popular. They are not motivated by lust, greed or power which goes with the scholarly article's bit that they use their intelligence to do the best good, a quality that we all posess and admire and long for to make those kind of decisions in our own life. Intelligence is popular, a quality that we all have, why we seek a superhero who comes from ordinary circumstances like us, but they do extraordinary things with their gifts, including their intellect that we want to do.
The journal reviews that one possible and large aspect of superheroes are high in demand and popularity is because of their intelligence. Superheroes are popular because they use their intelligence which is every bit as important as their powers to fight off evil. For many of the most popular characters in the superhero world, intellect is one of their key arsenals, that great power "unfettered by intelligence can often have terrible consequences, they learn how to harness their powers intelligently." We all want superheroes to have our own aspects like righteousness and intelligence which is why we find them so popular. These two articles carry one aspect to another, why we find them so popular because they are like us, and one aspect of ourselves is the use of our intellect.
The articles differ in the case that the magazine article "Invasion of the Superheroes" deals mostly with film reviews and the result of superhero popularity in film and media as a result. The scholarly article is meant as a regular article actually posted in a business section. The difference between the two is that the scholarly article actually takes a step further and explain carefully what one of the most popular aspect about superheroes is compared to the magazine that gives the overall general idea that superheroes are popular and why dealing with similiar linear aspects of popularity but never into detail about intellect as a quality. It mostly goes into who find it popular and what people may like about a movie rather than the comics and into their superhero specifics, what their qualities are that make them so popular to us.
Pisani, Joseph. "The Smartest Superheroes." Business Week Online, copyright 2006, page 8 URL:
Skousan, Jo Ann. "Invasion of the Superheroes," which was the name of the article. from ProQuest Research Library - Alt-Press Watch, magazine article. Liberty. Port Townsend, October 2008, Volume 22, Issue 9, page 42
Kevin Bruehl
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