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Prominent Objectivist psychologist and former associate of Ayn Rand reflects on how childhood superheroes (the Lone Ranger, Superman, Batman) led him toward Rand's philosophy. Branden analyzes the psychological meaning of superhero archetypes — the orphan hero, the secret identity, the symbolism of flight — and offers a pointed critique of contemporary comics as "sick, morbid, and totally unromantic" compared to the heroic idealism of his youth.