How are Superheroes representative of the 'outsider'? (Essay Practice)

How is the presentation of superheroes in media representative of the outsiders in society?

"The history of the Superhero is about the misfit, the unlikely hero; the ability to create greatness where there once was doubt." 

Sana Amanat (Marvel – Editor)

Superheroes, as much as they are domineering Hollywood these past years, and as much as they have evolved into Pop-Culture icons, are fictional, and therefore audiences cannot identify as a Superhero (no matter how much they would like to). So, by this rule, Superheroes cannot be a collective identity, however, they may be representative of one. The first ever Superhero,  DC's Superman, coming from a distant planet, having to integrate into a new, unfamiliar society, reflects perhaps the experience an immigrant faces. And Marvel's X-men are human beings with fantastical mutations, that separate them from the rest of humanity who perceive them as a threat; their experience being discriminated against by the majority can be representative of humans being discriminated due to race and sexuality. The Superhero is  a subversion of normality, a representation of the under-represented, and a vehicle to tell the untold story of the outsider.