except Tom is a classic superhero...
no doubt about it...
(and I do tend to find superheros rather boring)
there is nothing about Promethea that makes her
a superhero or a "science hero" execpt that she
can be put in that category because she can fly and
has powers.... but if there were no other superheros
in the book one would not think of her in those terms...
she is a mythological hero, a god or goddess principle...
which makes the contrast going the other way to superheros
somewhat interesting in that they have the same kinds of
powers but we view them in a much more "science" or
materialistic kind of way....
so perhaps a more spiritual / material contrast than yin / yan
but interesting....I don't think much contrast was actually
highlighted though in the story other than to put the goddess
character up as a "science heroine" and then just let the
comparison lie.
Thinking of it in these terms is somewhat more interesting but
it didn't add much to the story.
I think those who write of Tom being a great contrast to Promethea
must know him from his own books... because if you only know
him from Promethea... he is rather boring and irrelevant in that story alone.
all best,
revv