Maybe my memory is tainted because I tried to read the comic version of The Boys somewhat recently, but Watchmen is a much more mature exploration of the same topics.
All Star Superman is kind of my yardstick for a great Superman story. It gives Superman a challenge he can’t simply punch his way out of, and spends most of its time simply exploring how he moves through the world.
Meanwhile the X-men have been around since the 1960s exploring all kinds of stories about how the greater population treats mutants. Including the recurring stories of Mageto’s “We are better than them Charles” while Professor X is like “can’t we all get along?”
The Boys, basically.
Maybe my memory is tainted because I tried to read the comic version of The Boys somewhat recently, but Watchmen is a much more mature exploration of the same topics.
Dr Manhattan is a good exploration of the omnipotent superman.
The comic is edgy garbage. The show fixes it.
Perhaps, but less cynically.
All Star Superman is kind of my yardstick for a great Superman story. It gives Superman a challenge he can’t simply punch his way out of, and spends most of its time simply exploring how he moves through the world.
Meanwhile the X-men have been around since the 1960s exploring all kinds of stories about how the greater population treats mutants. Including the recurring stories of Mageto’s “We are better than them Charles” while Professor X is like “can’t we all get along?”
And there’s conservatives now asking when X-Men became “Woke”…