The Physics of Superheroes is a book by James Kakalios that goes over the physics behinds some of the powers of various super heroes such as Spiderman, Superman, or the Flash. The book covers a decent amount of basic physics and can be used to learn some basic principles. No prior science or comic book background is required, you can just pick the book up and start reading.
I found out about this book when I saw one of my physics professors had it and mentioned making a low-level science class at my university using the book. I picked up the book a couple of years later and learned quite a bit about comic books and ended up buying some to read.
The author, James Kakalios, is the Taylor Distinguished Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota where he does experimental solid state physics research. According to his Amazon biography, he created a freshman seminar course called “Everything I Know About Science I Learned from Reading Comic Books.” in 2001 at the University of Minnesota.
