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Post-Miller Superheroes are Sociopaths in Clown Suits
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this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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No, you're right. It kinda ties in with all this reimagining and deconstructing thats been going on lately. Doesn't help that the most popular superheroes like batman are the original super heroes, batman, superman, spiderman. How do you keep coming up with new Superman storylines after decades? You change superman.
There is certainly an element of truth to this, but it doesn't explain why everything post-Miller had to become "dark and gritty and sociopathic". Except that to me it says something about the people who want this.