http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryan-young/politics-in-comic-books_b_113654.html

Stan Lee: http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/stan-lee-on-what-is-a-superhero

first superheroes:

* Gilgamesh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh

* Samson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson

psychologists’ point of view: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/why-do-people-like-superheroes-dont-ask-a-psychologist/277608/

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-superheroes

 superheroes and cinema: http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/11/06/2893031/superheroes-film-marvel

http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/03/27/are-superheroes-hurting-american-cinema-1293041?lt_source=external,manual

academics’ point of view:

http://www.academia.edu/1860029/Saving_the_World_the_American_Way_Superheroes_in_Support_of_U.S._Militarism

http://moongadget.com/baker/index.html