"hero..."

as some of you may not know..ive been on a downloading spree..to be precise comic book downloading spree....ive downloaded every hellblazer comic released and the complete onslaught saga and finally finished downloading earth x, paradise x, marvels, and universe x.

ive been reading these the past week. trying to see what made these men, heroes...or as the final chapter of the onslaught saga put them..."gods".

they rushed into burning buildings, fought things that you knew they couldnt defeat. what was it that they possesed that made these heroes who they are...heroes, the likes of captain america, mr. fantastic, iron man, thor and much much more.

is it merely courage? maybe its a mix of courage, honor and valor. words that may possibly prove meaningless in our day and age.

however, why the quote "cursed are the nations in need of heroes"?

heroes can be seen in many shapes and sizes, mainly role models, sources of inspiration etc. however, for a hero to arise, the rest should accept that they are weak. that they do need help.

cursed be these nation because of pride. even though heroes do arrise and help others, pride causes men to dismiss the "hero's" actions and in the end, leading to slander, prejudism, and a whole lot more.

(e.g. persecution of mutants in the xmen series, slander of spiderman in the news papers and many more)

and with these actions, the place in need of heroes, undoubtedly enters a path of self-demise. riots caused by fear and prejudice sends the country into a downward spiral...ultimately resulting in the country's destruction...

however, in this day and age where our own countrymen have lost hope in the system and the country, we need heroes. sure, heroes such as kaptitan barbel, lastikman, darna, panday and yes...even pedro penduko. but wouldnt it be better if we had real heroes? heroes such as jose rizal, andres bonifacio, and such.

however heroes will be useless to us if we do not remedy our own problems about pride.

and in the end...maybe we could be heroes...even just for one day.