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Originally posted by harleykwin:
Ok, although I am not a Superman fan - and I'm not bashing the character - but he always seemed so vanilla next to someone like Batman. But that's not to say that there aren't super powered titles/characters that I don't enjoy.

Spider-man. Has to be one of the coolest characters in all of comics. When he's handled right you see that despite the powers he's still nerdy Peter Parker. (Check out the Ultimate version of the character.) Batman was Bruce Wayne, billionaire playboy to everyone else - popular and wealthy beyond imagination - sort of the JFK, Jr. of the DCU. Clark Kent - pretended to be nerdy and weak so that his powers wouldn't be discovered, but underneath it all HE knew what he could do and had confidence in that. Hell, if Smallville is any indication, Clark was well liked as a teen - accepted and with his own friends.

And then there is Peter - who, despite his powers, wasn't popular at all. He was broke, down on his luck with the ladies, etc. and so despite his powers he was the "everyman" - someone people could relate to more.

Then there are books like Rising Stars which I think is fantastic (if only it didn't come out, like, once a year [yuh huh] ) What does it for me is that each of these powered characters have their frailties and even with their powers they are not omnipotent. I used to think that of the X books before they became too fucking convoluted to follow with loose ends taking years to resolve. But it's the individual characterizations with a character's doubts, fears, hopes and joys that make it work for me.

Super powers don't bother me - it's how the writers choose to handle it that concern me more.
Me too. [woooOOOOoooo!]