Superman, Hope, and Major Disaster

Hope is more than a word. It requires a balance of Willpower, Waypower, and goal setting. Before understanding these terms and how they all work together to create hope it is important to understand your hope score. To do that you will read three Superman comics that discuss Hope, what it means to have Hope, and whether or not an individual can lose Hope. You will also use this to make a copy of the HOPE SCALE TEMPLATE to find your own hope score.
 
STEP 1
Directions: Read Actions Comics #1082 “Force Majeure: Part One” (2025) either independently or with your therapist, counselor, and / or psychiatrist. If you do not have the physical comic, you can read the comic using the DC Infinite app. After reading the comic, examine MAJOR DISASTER'S HOPE SCALE #1 FOUND HERE and discuss the questions below with your therapist, counselor, and / or psychiatrist. Take note of the conversation in your personal journal.
 
1)    What factors prevented Major Disaster from getting a higher Hope score?
 
STEP 2
Directions: Next, read Action Comics #1083 “Force Majeure: Part Two” (2025) and Action Comics #1084 “Force Majeure: Finale” (2025) either independently or with your therapist, counselor, and / or psychiatrist and calculate MAJOR DISASTER'S HOPE SCORE #2 FOUND HERE. Afterward, discuss the questions below with your therapist, counselor / psychiatrist. Take notes of the conversation in your personal journal.
 
2)    Did Major Disaster’s hope score change? If so, what factors contributed to the changing of his Hope score.
 
3)    What was Superman / Clark Kent’s role in determining Major Disaster’s Hope score?
 
4)    What are the comics’ overall message about Hope?
 
STEP 3
Directions: Now that you are familiar with using the Hope Chart, use the chart to calculate your current Hope score by making a copy of the HOPE SCALE TEMPLATE FOUND HERE. In the same way the chart was used to document Major Disaster’s changing Hope, your Hope Chart will be used to determine the fluctuation of your Hope over time.