If the Joker blows up half of downtown Gotham, who’s liable for the damage (assuming, of course, that Joker isn’t going to say he’s sorry and pay up)?  Does the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to superheroes?  These are other questions are answered in a blog called Law and the Multiverse, which is also the subject of a story in today’s New York Times.

Here’s a little sample from the blog:

[W]hen Doomsday goes on a rampage of destruction across at least three states or the Joker blows up half of downtown Gotham, insurer’s aren’t actually going to want to pay for that, and there is reason to believe that under the terms of standard insurance contracts, they wouldn’t have to. The reason has to do with the way insurance policies are written, which is a matter of contract as much at it is a matter of law.

The blog, which is the brainchild of two lawyers, quite earnestly considers the constitutional and legal take on various aspects of being a comic book superhero.  If you’ve ever wanted to know what it would really be like to be a superhero (or villain), reading this blog would be a heck of a lot cheaper than dragging a crate of comics to a lawyer’s office and racking up the billable hours.