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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fireinthedust" data-source="post: 5885836" data-attributes="member: 51930">Realistically, in order to tell the stories that are told in the comics, a world with Superheroes should need a bunch of factors we don't have in ours.  Off the top of my head, here are some I've been thinking about.1)  Really high birth rate:  Armies of henchmen, crowds of helpless by-standers, and cities filled with people crammed into sky scrapers that get destroyed by giant robots.  That plus the economy never really slows down.  In fact, business is so good that ultra-technology can be invented and mass produced.  There have got to be a huge number of babies born every second in comics, especially around New York.2)  Spandex:  Somehow the textiles industry is producing reams of the stuff for our heroes, and they get these great outfits made and repaired frequently.  Question: who makes them?  Edna Mole from The Incredibles is a brilliant character, and one who I think should exist somewhere.  Otherwise, really, where do the X-Men get their uniforms from?  3)  Construction Industry:  Goes almost without saying, but there's got to be a lot of work there.  The Supers would have to do what they do if only to support the industry as it supports the massive populations of bystanders and arch-henchmen being produced every day.I think a Super world would be fundamentally different from ours in terms of how its organized.What do you think?</blockquote>