The devil gets his due in the latest entry in the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. Supervillains and Philosophy features an international cabal of philosophers and comics industry professionals conspiring to reveal the dark details -- and deeper meanings -- lurking behind today's most popular comic book monsters. Whether it's their moral justification for world domination or the wavering boundaries they share with the modern anti-hero, everyone's favorite villains generate as much attention as their heroic counterparts. The 20 essays in this accessible book explore the nature of supervillainy.;Acknowledgments; The Devils Get Their Due; Phase One So You Want to Be a Supervillain . . .; Phase Two The Nature of Evil; Phase Three Taking Over the World; Phase Four Beyond Good and Evil?; Phase Five Fiendish Puzzles; 16 What Limits an All-Powerful Being?; 17 What's Venom's Poison?; 18 Drawing a Line in the Sandman; 19 Brainiac's Brain, Brainiac's Body; The Rogue's Gallery; Index.