Many things are observed during the month of October: National Domestic Violence Awareness, National Breast Cancer Awareness, National Diversity Awareness, National Popcorn Month, Dia de la Raza on the 12th, Columbus Day on the second Monday, and Boss’s Day on the 16th.
However, one of the most popular is on the 31st, Halloween. People love to dress up in Halloween costumes to have fun. Children traditionally dress up and go out into their neighborhoods and “trick or treat” to collect candy. Adults join in the fun by dressing up in various costumes, often their favorite super heroes.
Asked on the Line conducted brief, informal interviews with 19 men on the mainline and asked: “First, if you were granted a wish to be a superhero—any superhero—for only one day, who would you be? As that superhero, what would you do to help others?
Second—aside from being a superhero for a day—if you were granted a wish to have any supernatural power for the rest of your life, what would it be?”
Men on the mainline seem to like the Man of Steel!
Steven Pacascio, Dean Felton, Rico Rogers, Shawn Perry, David Monroe, and Tim Long would all wish to be Superman for a day. Pacasico would help the hungry; Felton would help the homeless; Rogers would fight disease; Perry would fight against violence; Monroe would help at-risk youth; Long would fight pollution.
“I would find a way to use my superpowers to get rid of disease,” said Rogers. Long said, “As Superman, I would use my Super-breath to blow away pollution.”
Erick Johnston and Fernando Lopez would be Iron Man and Jesus Flores and Tim Thompson would be Spiderman. “I would stop all wars and remove abusive dictators from power,” said Flores. Thompson said that as Spiderman, he would help poor people.
Lonnie Morris would be the Hulk and use his strength to protect oppressed people. Craig Hall would be Batman and help change the educational system for kids. Bill Stevens would be Flash Gordon and clean up America, starting with Houston; Ruben Ramirez would be Aquaman and get rid of all the pollution in the world’s waterways.
Adrian Ramirez would be The Flash. Cody Brown would be Thor. Both would use their superpowers to help the hungry.
Bill Terry would be the Lone Ranger. As the Lone Ranger, Terry said, “I would find myself an outlaw.”
Wayne Villafranco would be the Invisible Man. “People can’t judge what they can’t see,” said Villafranco.
But, Tommy Winfrey said that he would be the greatest hero he knows, his mom.
As far as having a supernatural power for life; Monroe and Thompson would wish for the ability to fly. Winfrey and Flores would wish for the power to read people’s minds. Brown, Villafranco, and Perry would have the power to be invisible. Rogers, Lopez, and Felton would have the power to see into the future. Hall Stevens would wish for the power to persuade people. Ruben Ramirez would want to have supernatural wisdom. Long would wish for the ability to create any organic substance with a thought and thus create an endless supply of food to feed the world.
Terry would be happy to be the fastest gun in the West. Johnston would wish for eternal life. Morris would wish for telepathic communication. Adrian Ramirez would wish for the ability to walk through walls. Pascascio would wish for the ability to stop all violence.
