“So, you're telling me that there's people who go to work everyday that get to punch bad guys in the face for their job?” I recall asking my dad when I was young and heavily influenced by all the real life actors playing superheroes in the movies.

“No one REALLY gets to be a superhero when they're an adult,” he said to me, as if he wanted me to let go of these fictional moments, “you'll have to get a job to pay the bills just like me. And you'll get married one day too.”

“I'm never getting married.”

“You'll change your mind. And you'll change your mind on that superhero thing too.”

     It wasn't too long ago that I heard a new...

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