I’m sensing a superhero trend

Because suddenly it’s very okay for a superhero to have families & children.

Well, that’s not to say that there haven’t always been superhero families that pass their hero mantles, er, masks and/or capes down through the generations. Most notably the very first costumed superhero, The Phantom, was flat-out a “legacy” hero. We’re talking about twenty plus generations for The Phantom, so, yeah, definitely a family thing going on.

Now, plenty of superheroes share their responsibilities with others in their inner circle. There we’re normally talking side-kicks or sidekicks who grown into completely new roles. Most famous? Batman’s sidekick, Dick Grayson, outgrowing Robin and becoming Nightwing. Which allows a new Robin to take his place. And the cycle continues.

They aren’t normally the hero’s own children, though. (And, yeah, I do know about Damien Wayne.)

That seems to be changing in a big way and yet again Superman and Lois are leading the way. Literally within days of each other I hear of two new TV series coming out this year that deal with superhero legacies. One of them even has that word in the title.

I’m not going to say anything more about them now because, yeah, I’m definitely checking them out.