Hi, @hopehuggs,

I grew up on comic books in the '50s and early '60s... I was particularly fond of superheroes, although I enjoyed all sorts of comics.

I've actually been disappointed to find that these days, comic books are slick-printed on glossy paper and cost an arm and a leg... Back in "my day," they cost a dime and (except for the covers) were printed on newsprint, same as today's newspaper "Sunday color funnies."

I'm actually going to have to cheat a bit, because there are two comic book characters that I admired above the rest. If I were going to be a comic character for a day, it would be a toss-up between Batman and Green Arrow.

Batman was a "super hero," not in terms of supra-normal powers, but in the way that he trained himself physically, and how he used his wealth to develop effective tools for crime fighting. He was a hero that a boy could truly look up to and aspire to one day be like.

Likewise, Green Arrow was a "normal human being" who trained himself in archery skills. He also developed a quiver full of high-tech arrows that he could select at will for special purpose uses; nets, bolos, zip-lines, etc.

Sure, I enjoyed Superman and Green Lantern and all of the "super powers" that they engaged... but I had the legitimate hope that I could in reality one day approach being able to match the abilities and exploits of one or the other of these two "super" heroes...

Thanks for asking!

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