IF YOU WANT TO BE A SUPERHERO,

Lamentations and Ruminations of a Superhero Wannabe

Don’t give up your day job

Whiz Comics #2/ CC Beck, February 1940 — public domain

Once in a job interview, my would-be boss asked me, “What is your superpower?” Not what is your best strength or your proudest accomplishment — no, he wanted to know in what way I could defy the laws of nature, presumably in service to him. I felt stupider…