Ben Saunders is associate professor of English at the University of Oregon. His areas of expertise include the history of British and American comics and cartoons, and he is the author of Do the Gods Wear Capes?: Spirituality, Fantasy and Superheroes.

John Heeren is professor emeritus of sociology at California State University in San Bernardino. Hereen has written several articles about the presence of religion in the comics.

Paul Asay is a writer and editor in Colorado Springs, Colo. He is the author of God on the Streets of Gotham: What the Big Screen Batman Can Teach Us About God and Ourselves.

Jonathan Sanford is dean of the Constantin College of Liberal Arts and professor of philosophy. He edited Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry.

Ron Novy is a lecturer in philosophy and the humanities at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. He contributed a chapter to the book Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry.

Daniel Malloy teaches philosophy at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. His research focuses on ethics, and he writes frequently about the intersection of pop culture and philosophy. He wrote a chapter on the morality of Spider-Man’s jokes for the book Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry.

Mark D. White is professor and chair of the department of political science, economics and philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY. He co-edited Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul.

Chris Knowles is a writer and editor in New Jersey. His books include Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes.

Robin Rosenberg is a clinical psychologist in Stanford, Calif., who writes frequently about superheroes and the psychological phenomena they reveal. Her books include (as author) Superhero Origins: What Makes Superheroes Tick and Why We Care and (as editor) Our Superheroes, Ourselves.