As both president of the nation?s largest distributor of comic books and owner of an entertainment museum that houses one of the most impressive collections of pop culture in the world, Steve Geppi and his wife, Mindy, were the perfect choices to act as co-chairmen for this year?s St. Joseph Medical Center?s “The Super Ball,” which was held recently at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel.

There were comic-book super-hero appearances by Spider-man, Batman and Wonder Woman (who in real life is St. Joseph?s emergency department chief Gail Cunningham). Stewart Finney, chief of cardiac surgery, got into the act by leaping from a giant “Clark Kent” phone booth to speak on behalf of his fellow co-chairmen Drs. Mark Midei and Steve Pollock.