I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the world, it would be the power to read or watch a creative work and absorb the technical skill of the people who made it. Because then I could have even more fun writing. That's my core identity.

I think the Hulk has always appealed very strongly to much younger readers than Spider-Man, because Spider-Man is an adolescent character, and the Hulk is a very childlike character.

I've always been positive about superheroes.

If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done with it.

I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.

If I won the lottery tomorrow - which would be a real trick, since I haven't entered - and was independently wealthy for the rest of my life, I'd write comic books, because it's what I like doing.

The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.