After reading The
Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes chapter on the Law of Power, I have gain a better understanding of what make an
individual powerful. According to this chapter, it is not the external powers
such as heat vision, super strength, or ability to manipulate objects that makes
a superhero powerful. Instead, it is the internal strengths that give them
their true powers. Such internal strength includes their ability to deal with
physical and emotional issues in a way that does not deteriorate their own
being.
One superhero that I feel does a
great job of not letting emotional or physical issue weight him down is Tony
Stark or Ironman. Now I know Ironman has his issues especially with drink a lot
when he feels depress or something he gets angry and maybe destroy everything
in his lab, but what he does in those fits of rage are made up and suppressed afterwards
in his moments of genius. Ironman somehow has the a way of harvesting his
emotions and turning them into weapons or inventions that would make even Thor
and his advance civilization envious.
In a way, Ironman reminds me of
myself. Just like him I have my emotional
ups and downs and during those points I don’t physically destroy my room or
drink myself into the night, but something similar happens to me. I start to
reflex and figure out why I am in this mood. I pose questions to myself and not
just any questions but the difficult one I would ignore or forget about at my
best. As I do this I am not physically destroy something like Ironman would,
but I am making a mess with in my own mind. Once I am finished making this mess,
just like Ironman, I hit a moment of genius ( or turning point) and am able to
correct what I view as wrong with in me and change my own mind and self into a
better version of myself. 
I would like to comment on your mentioning of what a true superhero is. Sure, superheroes' have these powers that are special and are extraordinary. But they are just one contributing factor to what makes them who they are. They have to deal with conflict of their emotions, their friends and family, and general issues we normal humans have to deal with as well. However, for superheroes', these issues are more complex and difficult. The decision they make to save one life may conflict with saving their love interest or something of that nature. Their personal lives are made free game for villains to take advantage of, and the heroes have to work around the conflicts to do the right thing and to still do their job as superheroes.
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