“Today I don’t want to think, I just want to run.” (Injustice Year One: 13) Being born in a postmodern era where myths are known to be fiction, most of the knowledge we grew up learning about Greek mythology was based on the stories we read and from the television shows we watched. Interestingly, one could argue that superheroes were created from ideas that are sourced from these stories, heroes such as Wonder Woman and Superman. In this essay particularly, I will explore the similarities that the Greek mythological God, Hermes, share with the DC comic book hero, The Flash. Generally speaking, Hermes and The Flash are both classified as “speedsters”, with speedsters being defined as a person or thing that operates well at high speeds.…