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Post by peaches1 on Apr 25, 2022 11:09:09 GMT -5
I guess Superman but I really don't see him as over-powered. He's powerful, but in most of his stories he has to struggle as much as any A-list superhero to overcome his obstacles, and when he's part of a team-up he very seldom is he shown as being that much better than anyone else. The trick with Superman is writing the balance. Yes, he has moments like you said...but then in another panel in a different official comic, he's idly moving an entire planet by himself to get it out of harms way of something. It's a residual effect of the power boosting he was given starting when the first Captain Marvel (now Shazam) comic came out, really. Good writers know how to balance him out for situations, and when to let him loose ( see the "World of Cardboard" speech from the last episode of Justice League Unlimited).That's relatively true of every hero though. We can see Wolverine having trouble with one ninja in a story and wading through an army of them in the next. As for the 'World of Cardboard' scene in JLU, I never bought that because after he makes the speech he kicks around Darkseid a bit until the villain rallies and is going to kill him. For all of Supes's tough talk he still has to be saved by Batman (who has zero powers) and Lex Luthor (Superman's archenemy).
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Post by CMWaters on Apr 25, 2022 11:16:01 GMT -5
The trick with Superman is writing the balance. Yes, he has moments like you said...but then in another panel in a different official comic, he's idly moving an entire planet by himself to get it out of harms way of something. It's a residual effect of the power boosting he was given starting when the first Captain Marvel (now Shazam) comic came out, really. Good writers know how to balance him out for situations, and when to let him loose ( see the "World of Cardboard" speech from the last episode of Justice League Unlimited). That's relatively true of every hero though. We can see Wolverine having trouble with one ninja in a story and wading through an army of them in the next. As for the 'World of Cardboard' scene in JLU, I never bought that because after he makes the speech he kicks around Darkseid a bit until the villain rallies and is going to kill him. For all of Supes's tough talk he still has to be saved by Batman (who has zero powers) and Lex Luthor (Superman's archenemy). Darkseid used an outside source there though as something he threw at Superman, IIRC.
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Post by karl100589 on Apr 25, 2022 13:16:35 GMT -5
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