Twenty minutes before the lecture on superheroes was due to start the room was already packed with eager students, with only a couple of seats left.

“When I saw this on the schedule, I knew I couldn’t miss this,” said Kylie McCue,19, child development major.

The lecture was held by four superhero-fanatic professors who all showed up decked out in different superhero t-shirts to share their passion on Multicultural Day.

“Most of us are closet, well now open, super hero comics fanatics” said professor Reet Sumal, business administration, as he casually took off his polo shirt to reveal his Dawn of Justice t-shirt he was wearing underneath.

Each professor had their own points to make on superheroes of contemporary society. Professor Steve Pfeffer, political science, talked about all aspects of heroes, including when comics and super heroes were first introduced to society and the effect they had.

“The superhero is a major phenomenon, which is no longer limited to comic books,” said Pfeffer.

Sumal took a look at the business side and the impact all things comic have had on society.

“They are going after not only the little kids, but people, like me, who grew up reading these comics,” said Sumal. “So I can’t really say I watched all superhero movies because of my kids.”

So why do people of all ages relate to super heroes, according to psychology professor Nadia Monosov, they are the modern greek gods.

“Superheroes show us that sometimes being different gives you power,” said Monosov. “They show us that we have to make the best out of a bad situation; even super heroes have adversities to overcome.”