Born, like other comic book characters, out of an otherwise trivial but life-changing animal bite, the Rabid Librarian seeks out strange, useless facts, raves about real and perceived injustices, and seeks to meet her greatest challenge of all--her own life.
Between a child's sense of adventure and everything from 'Tarzan' to 'Gilligan's Island' to Indiana Jones, this really seemed the case. And I am still waiting for the flying cars from 'The Jetsons'.