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Another definition of a hero is someone who is concerned about other people's well-being, and will go out of his or her way to help them -- even if there is no chance of a reward. That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero.

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Our faiths are similar — it's merely our religions that may differ.

A writer is like God. He can destroy empires, create new universes.

"Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you" is the greatest phrase ever written. If everyone followed that creed, this world would be a paradise.

WITH GREAT POWER THERE MUST ALSO COME----------GREAT RESPONSIBILITY!

As comics writers we had to have villains in our stories. And once World War II started, the Nazis gave us the greatest villains in the world to fight against. It was a slam dunk.

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