I was inspired in class to think about superheroes with disabilities. It turns out there are quite a few. The most recent ones that people know about would be DareDevil, Professor Charles Xavier, The Thing, and Iron Man.
Fun Fact. The first super hero who was disabled was Dr. Mid-Nite in 1941 and he was completely blind in day light but he could see in the dark.
Some superheroes got their powers from the accident that caused their disability.
DareDevil was just a normal kid who saved a blind man from a truck that spilled toxic waste into DD eyes causing him to go blind. Later he found that he his other senses had become more powerful. So he could see using echo location.
The Thing from the fantastic four had his skin turned to stone. This completely deformed him and he struggles with it threw out the series.
Other superheroes became disabled after they got their super abilities.
Dr. X or Charles Xavier was a powerful psychic who was crushed by a large stone in battle and became a paraplegic. He then becomes a leader for all mutant kind and starts his school.
Iron man was captured by extremists and who wanted him to make weapons and during their attack a bomb blew shrapnel into Tony Starks body. He then had to have a chest piece that was a powerful magnet to keep the shrapnel from destroying his insides. It also help regulate his heartbeat. After he makes his suit he learns that it destroys his nerves and he becomes paralyzed from the waist down. But he then cures himself threw technology he develops.
There is also a great deal of other cases as well you just have to go and look.
I was kind of surprised of how many cases of disabilities there are in the comic world. It is kind of inspirational just to think about it. It seems though that as of late there is more heroes becoming disabled. Like Spiderman losing his leg in the final battle with the green goblin. Or superman’s spine being crushed and he loses his ability to use his legs. They just dangle when he flies. But still they are able to go own and continue to be super. I do not feel that is a bad thing and in some cases it could help those who have become disabled.
Fun Fact. The first super hero who was disabled was Dr. Mid-Nite in 1941 and he was completely blind in day light but he could see in the dark.
Some superheroes got their powers from the accident that caused their disability.
DareDevil was just a normal kid who saved a blind man from a truck that spilled toxic waste into DD eyes causing him to go blind. Later he found that he his other senses had become more powerful. So he could see using echo location.
The Thing from the fantastic four had his skin turned to stone. This completely deformed him and he struggles with it threw out the series.
Other superheroes became disabled after they got their super abilities.
Dr. X or Charles Xavier was a powerful psychic who was crushed by a large stone in battle and became a paraplegic. He then becomes a leader for all mutant kind and starts his school.
Iron man was captured by extremists and who wanted him to make weapons and during their attack a bomb blew shrapnel into Tony Starks body. He then had to have a chest piece that was a powerful magnet to keep the shrapnel from destroying his insides. It also help regulate his heartbeat. After he makes his suit he learns that it destroys his nerves and he becomes paralyzed from the waist down. But he then cures himself threw technology he develops.
There is also a great deal of other cases as well you just have to go and look.
I was kind of surprised of how many cases of disabilities there are in the comic world. It is kind of inspirational just to think about it. It seems though that as of late there is more heroes becoming disabled. Like Spiderman losing his leg in the final battle with the green goblin. Or superman’s spine being crushed and he loses his ability to use his legs. They just dangle when he flies. But still they are able to go own and continue to be super. I do not feel that is a bad thing and in some cases it could help those who have become disabled.
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