Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum — Attraction in Elkhart

While the management is very excited to share the impressive collection of pop culture artifacts and collectibles the ultimate lack of a narrative, context and really any attribution makes the museum feel less like a museum dedicated to superheroes and more like a collection to consumerism comics culture. While I understand the museum will be reopening soon in a new location there's numbers or cases filled with action figures, busts and other objects of caring importance without context. Why do the Fantastic Four matter, why these Xmen, why have a collection of Kingdom Come toys? There's a barrier to fully appreciating the museum for the casual visitor (my partner who had less context or care about comics went through it quickly) and a museum that gives more space to a shirt from the Big Bang Theory than any creators beyond Stan Lee stands as an enditement to the continued corporate devaluation of the creators who often went with little or no credit or appreciation for years of effort made. The museum while boasting impressive objects like the Ghost Rider Hell cycle and Adam West's Batman costume lacks context and purpose that moves this from being a collection to visit into a museum worth traveling for. I hope that the larger space and more centralized location can make it feel less like a toy store where you can't purchase the majority of objects and more of a place that helps to explain why you like the characters in the first place and what they...

This location is definitely worth checking out if you are into comic books and live in the Indiana area. We drove over four hours to see it and you definitely can't beat the admission price $10 per person. I was a little disappointed to see that there was no Hall of Justice building like that was in the advertisement on Google, but it was still a very cool experience. It was definitely worth the price of admission just to see the first appearance of Robin as a comic book. They also had a complete collection of the first appearances of all the major Marvel superheroes. The gentleman working the front desk was extremely nice and was willing to tell us the history of the comic books and answer any questions that we had. I was a little surprised how small the museum was, I thought there was going to be a complete life-size set of the Batman 66 TV show, but this was not present. But we still had a great time visiting the museum and would definitely return...

Really cool collection gone wild! Allen Steward has poured his heart and soul & much of his time, talents & resources into this awesome little attraction! There are some cool BIG things here .... like original costumes and set items from Avengers to the Greatest American Hero just to name a few and even some pieces of our childhood with long forgotten comics. There is also an area that is specifically designed to represent how the entire comic industry almost ended. Allen has a lot of comic history and more that he shares if you are lucky enough to catch him on a day that he is there! It's a pretty epic collection. It is a 501c3 so you are supporting a good cause and that admission also includes so comic themed video games and Pinball plays at no additional cost! My older kids really enjoyed it and my younger kids asked for a copy of the comic Allen wrote about the journey of how it all came to be! Don't miss this fun stop on...