META/WWW: Superheroes and the Law

[rickhindle]

On Dec 20, 9:54Â am, Phantasm <phantom_belc... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2:08 am, Jamas Enright <t... at eyrie.org> wrote:
>
> > Been a few stories on here about how superheroes interact with the law.
> > This is a new blog of posts on that very topic, of comic superheroes and
> > various situations under american law. (And no, I'm not involved, I'm just
> > enjoying it!)
>
> >http://lawandthemultiverse.com/
>
> I need to bookmark this, as there seem to be new entries since the
> last time I read it. ;)
>
> All in all, whenever a superhuman legal technicality raises its head,
> this would be the first place I'd look, particularly for a "relatively
> new to superhumans" world like StarFall (I say "relatively new" since
> superhumans have been around for ten years, in-universe, and unlike
> Marvel and DC *don't* have a history dating back to WWII; even
> then ... hell, Congress is *still* trying to keep up with the new
> Internet technologies).

It's a great resource, even if you're just picking through stuff.  A
recent topic that I found fascinating was the idea about where best to
set up your supervillain lair - I mean, who writes or reads superhero
fiction (whether comics or RACC) that doesn't wonder that?