Letter from the Editor July.
In my small hometown, my mom would comb the aisles ofbrBryant's grocery store — freshly clipped coupons in hand — while I made my waybracross the stark-white tiled floors to my special “along-for-the-ride” hangout.brTucked between the freezer section and the checkout stand was my own fortressbrof solitude. As I look back, I realize that magazine stand drew me in like, darebrI say, a hero to a damsel in distress.
There, within reach of my tiny mitts, yet beyond the reachbrof my imagination, was a world of wonder direct from the uncanny mind of StanbrLee. As she rounded the corner to pay for our weekly forage, Mom always knewbrwhere to find me: engrossed in the lives and journeys of Batman, The GreenbrLantern, Iron Man, Captain America and the X-Men..
With all his gallant gadgetry, Batman was an early favorite.brFor the very same reasons, Iron Man was another must-read. For these heroes ofbrmine, there was no superhuman backstory, no gamma-ray mutated abilities. Theybrwere just two guys living among us with their own flaws, yet they had thebrcourage (and cash) to make a difference.
The human side of being superhuman has always been anbrattractive storyline (especially when Linda Carter's red boots happen to bebrthrown in for good measure). Needless to say, I was excited to learn thatbrSouthlake also had some champions of the cul-de-sac. A power couple, onebrdressed in appropriate shades of green, whose children happened to share thebrsame elementary school as my own.
This month, Reggie and Amy Rolle, stars from thebrhit television series “Power Rangers Lost Galaxy,” share the backstory of howbrthey became a power family that just happened to land in Southlake. I can’tbrhelp but wonder, “Where do they shopbrfor groceries?”