In eleven sections, Alain Bieber, the artistic director of the NRW Forum, has subdivided the encounter with the extraordinary. The first stories about the nearly invulnerable all-rounders, who can fly and effortlessly climb walls, originated in the 1930s in the USA. The exhibition reconstructs the genealogy of superheroes in the chapter "Myths and Blockbusters." Here, a bridge is drawn from Greek mythology through literary precursor figures like Zorro and the Phantom to the founding of the major comic publishers Marvel and DC.

The NRW Forum dedicates a room to the comic artist Nic Klein, who was born in Düsseldorf and gives shape to the Marvel heroes. Other drawings come from industry greats such as Jim Aparo, Joëlle Jones, and Jim Steranko. The exhibition places them alongside thematically related works by contemporary artists, including Jonas Scharf, Patricia Waller, LuYang, William Pope.L, and Barbara Hammer. Life-sized statues of Spider-Man, Batman, and other pop culture heroes complement the comic tableau, which also addresses the significance of "Superheroes" for parody, politics, and propaganda.

In addition to the heroes of US comics, the NRW Forum also features the stars of Japanese manga and anime culture: hero series such as "Sailor Moon", "Saint Seiya", and "My Hero Academia" are part of the tour. That diversity has also permeated the value canon of "superheroes" is demonstrated by Bieber, among other things, with an excursus on the booming comic scene in Africa – among the black superheroes are EXO and Fury.