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[Phil]

The comics are so, so far from reality that they make no sense.

Are you saying that gaining super-powers from a radioactive spider bite isn't far from reality?
I'd say the exact opposite and that today's comics are nearer reality than ever. And maybe that's the problem.

Such geniuses and they can't do anything at all to make the world better???

If the world was better there'd be no stories to tell.
The whole point of superhero comics is good vs evil. There has to be an imperfect world that resembles the readers.
The whole point of the MU being set in actual cities such as NY etc. rather than DC's Metropolis etc. is so that readers can identify with things.
If you create a world cured of hunger and disease and terrorism that detracts from that initial point. There has to be some reality to it.

A reboot is the only thing that'll bring back readers, end the idiocy.

Yet DC's reboot didn't bring back readers.

[Le Messor]

Are you saying that gaining super-powers from a radioactive spider bite isn't far from reality?
I'd say the exact opposite and that today's comics are nearer reality than ever. And maybe that's the problem.

Agreed!!!!!!!

The whole point of superhero comics is good vs evil. There has to be an imperfect world that resembles the readers.

But I'd also say that's part of the problem; the creators are trying so hard for imperfect for so long, it's no longer good vs. evil; it's 'good' vs 'good'.

Yet DC's reboot didn't bring back readers.

To be fair, Tawmis asked for a well-done reboot. DC's felt more like a cash grab than a genuine attempt to tell good stories.
And they brought 90s sensibilities back.

~ Le Messor
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