David Grubbs moderates a discussion with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about the superhero, its literary antecedents, and some of its postmodern outgrowths. We go all the way from demigods and cowboys to Watchmen and Incredibles. Among the authors, texts, and heroes discussed are Homer, Gilgamesh, James Fennimore Cooper, John Wayne, Superman, Batman, the X-Men, the Incredibles, Kurt Vonnegut, and Alan Moore.
