rorort kahn disguised himself as bob kane. of superman, even reportedly used more than one pseudonym. from this first superman cartoon in 1941, super heroes would take flight as the gravity defies media juggernaut we know today. comics have proven so commercially indestructible, disney bought marvel and rival d.c. comics has five tv shows on now, including "super girl" about superman's cousin. and the comic-coneic conventions known >> we want younger people who will become artists at some point to realize that it's possible and everyone has to start somewhere. >> reporter: even this daydreaming 9-year-old, who drew batman in his hebrew school book. 75 years later, that book is in the exhibit, and a grownup mark gergberg is a new yorker. >> become a super hero in mywn way. you never lose that initial fascination with cartoons. >> reporter: and those adults are passing that fascination onto their kids who, perhaps for the first time, realizezeyou dodot need super powers to change the world. >> i do feel more inspired by them in