Group "B" / "F" should answer TWO of the following:
Q1: At the Epilogue that follows issue #5, she narrates, "when we bury the things we don't want to face, monsters grow." Why might this statement explain the appeal for superhero stories? Though about masked heroes and villains, why are all of these stories essentially about "unmasking" society?
Q2: Though Ms. Marvel has incredible (and seemingly unlimited) powers, why does she fail in her first two missions? What doesn't she understand about the job and responsibilities of a superhero? How does she set about learning it?
Q3: At the end of the issue, Mr. Edison (the strange bird-man) claims that Ms. Marvel isn't just a costumed girl but an "urban legend." What does he mean by this? And why does every superhero, to be effective, have to become an urban legend first?
Q4: In an article about G. Willow Wilson (the author) in The New Yorker, she writes that there is a “neat ideological overlap between superhero comics and religion, in a positive sense. Both things are about voluntarily holding yourself to a superhuman ideal, doing good even when it’s not required of you.” Why might this be important for reading (and understanding) the importance of superheroes in our culture--as well as in this comic?
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