From Judges To Psychotechnicians

How far we range in imagination. A recent post referred to:

the Biblical Book of Judges;
Greek myth;
a modern novel;
modern comic strips;
an alternative present envisaged by Alan Moore;
a remote future envisaged by Poul Anderson.

In the twentieth century, the emphasis switched from strong men to flying men. Superheroes started in science fiction and their origins are still visible there:

Anderson's Un-Men, Sensitive Man, self-propelled psychotechnicians and mutant time travelers;
Larry Niven's Gil the Arm and protectors;
Julian May's Jack the Bodiless and Diamond Mask;
SM Stirling's Adrian Breze resisting the Shadowspawn with their own powers of telepathy, metamorphosis etc.