04-05-2016, 09:15 AM
No problem reza, yeah I think it tends to be common perception that comic book characters are just heroes with funny costumes and are always doing good. If you think about it though, a lot of the characters were created around the 40's, Batman and Superman both in the 30's, meaning you've got 70 odd years of history with these characters, often with stories relevant to real life ongoing events and with numerous writers, many of which have grown up with the characters. That means that there are varying pieces of literature regarding them, many of which contain mature and complex themes.
Even when they were first created, superheroes had depth that many of us wouldn't have guessed. Superman for example was a creation of a couple of Jewish immigrants and represents the American dream for immigrants given he's an alien from outer space. Wonder Woman was even more bizarre, the creator being in favour of the empowerment of women and was involved in the creation of the lie detector (her golden lasso basically being the same). Without going into too much detail, the creator was also into S&M and those themes were also commonplace in the comics.
Even when they were first created, superheroes had depth that many of us wouldn't have guessed. Superman for example was a creation of a couple of Jewish immigrants and represents the American dream for immigrants given he's an alien from outer space. Wonder Woman was even more bizarre, the creator being in favour of the empowerment of women and was involved in the creation of the lie detector (her golden lasso basically being the same). Without going into too much detail, the creator was also into S&M and those themes were also commonplace in the comics.
