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Super Heroes

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Who’s your favorite super hero? What do you think that says about you?

Chris Gavaler has been studying comic book characters for years... both as a scholar and as a fan.

His findings show that our choice in super heroes can reveal a lot about each of us as individuals, and about our society as a whole. 

Guest:
Chris Gavaler, M.F.A. - Creator of  the  Patron Saint of Super Heroes blog.   Author of the novels  School for Tricksters [Southern Methodist University Press]  and Pretend I'm Not Here [HarperCollins].  Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Washington and Lee University.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.