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Originally posted by DuplicateMan:
Dave: I understand what you're saying about altruistic heros being boring, but I don't think that applies to Marvel, or even to current day DC. Certainly a whole universe of heros like Superman, Barry Allen, or Hal Jordan (pre-Emerald Twilight) would be boring, but even DC has gotten away from that, and nearly all of Marvels mainstream heros have "human" flaws. Ultimates goes too far, IMO.
I suspect my complaint goes towards the characterisation. Mot superhero comics I've read rely upon altruism as the be all and end all of the characters.

Nobody thinks they're poorly painted, as caricatures. I don't see them like that. I see some depth, below the shock value.