What was your favorite morally heart-touching superhero story? Examples:?

Question

Classic "When you Wish upon a Planetoid" Superman is split into Superman and Clark Kent by the Miracle Machine. Neither remembers being the other. Only when visiting the graves of Jonathan and Martha Kent do they both remember, and are reunited as one. They knew they needed each other.

Oldie: The Composite Superman was the most powerful villan Superman and Batman ever faced, He defeated them and would have killed them if his powers hadn't worn off. But, in his regular identity as Superman museum custodian Joe Meach, he had no memory of having been the Composite Superman, and grew to admire the heroes and was no longer jealous of them.

When an alien restored his powers, he went insane with jealousy again, and trapped them. But the alien was only using him to gain revenge on Superman and Batman. When his powers faded and he recovered his rightful mind, Joe Meach sacrificed himself to save their lives. Even though he had been their enemy, they raised a monument to him in gratitude.

Older oldie: Wonder Man appeared out of nowhere, became the new hero of Metropolis, was invulnerable to Kryptonite, and Lois fell for him.

He was one of Superman’s robots who was turned human by alien superscience, and retained his powers. He refused to cooperate with them to destroy Superman, even though he knew that a failsafe installed in his body would kill him after a short time.

He pretended to go along with their scheme so Superman could be alerted to their duplicity. When Superman was in the deathtrap and swore that his faithful robots would avenge him, Wonder Man wept. This made Superman realize that Wonder Man had his robot that was believed to have been destroyed.

Wonder Man could have simply enjoyed his short life, or even helped the aliens destroy Superman out of jealousy. But he chose to sacrifice his life rather than see Superman harmed.

Superman built a memorial to him. The inscription read “he was born a robot… but died a man!”

Which stories inspire y

Very funny, James R... the fudge packers in your life. None in my life, I assure you! For everybody else's benefit; that man actually packed the pilot's PARACHUTE.

(Did you think I wouldn't check...?)

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Answer 1

I'd say Superman Returns. I like it in the end when he knew that the kid is his son.

Answer 2

The real superheroes are all around us. My favourite example:

Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into the jungle. After a week he was captured by the enemy.

He was captured and spent six years in a Communist prison. He survived that ordeal and lectured about lessons learned from that experience. He was a conscientious and thoughtful man, and always made a point of thinking about all those who helped him through his ordeal and, where he could, thanking them in person.

One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!" "How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb. "I worked in the catering corps and packed part of your ration tin" the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess you needed it when you first bailed out" Plumb assured him, "It sure did-if it wasn't for the rations you packed, and particularly the fudge, I wouldn't have survived a week in the jungle and wouldn't be here today."

Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform, a Dixie cup hat, a bib in the back, and bell bottom trousers. I wondered how many times I might have passed him on the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you,' or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor."

Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship carefully packing the rations for people he didn't know.

The moral of the story is that it's the little guys who are the real heroes - the unsung people who help others. So - always remember the fudge-packers in your life.

Answer 3

Definitely Spider-Man and Superman!

They could both use their amazing powers to become billionaires, but they don't.

Peter Parker is even more inspiring, because his character is cast in a more "realistic" way. He has problems just like any other normal person and has even stopped using his powers a few times in pursuit of a "normal" life. Go Spidey!

Answer 4

The Kid Who Loved Spider-Man, a Secret Wars crossover of Spider-Man where the Beyonder put Peter through the trials of Job in a wager he had against Mephisto and The Death of Gwen Stacy.

Answer 5

Fantastic Four #51 (1st series) "This Man This Monster, where this guy who hates Reed Richards steals the Thing's identity and wants to leave Reed to die in the Negative Zone, but at the last minute he realizes how noble and brave Reed is and sacrifices his life to save Reed.

It shows people can change and that hatred and envy are foolish wastes of life and time.

Answer 6

I'd go with Amazing Spider-man #36((i think)) with the black cover-which was a story about the aftermath of Sept. 11th.

the scene that really pulls at my heart is when spidey see Captain America-and thinks that he( Steve Rogers) has lived thru a day like this twice in his lifetime.(9/11 & Pearl harbor)
Man one day like that is more than anybody should have to endure!

Answer 7

Superman

Answer 8

Morally touching? Monkey from Monkey Magic. Every episode was a morals story couched in a bit of humour. He was taught lessons from Buddha all the time.

Answer 9

'The Kid Who Loved Spider-Man' - little back story in Amazing Spider-Man 240

Answer 10

My heart cannot be touched.