Most of marvel and DC’s iconic characters are 60+ years old now, and a lot of elements central to their concepts just aren’t believable anymore. The classic example of course, is any superhero that works at a newspaper eg Spider-man and Superman. Writers have to come up with more obscure origins for superpowers, because even the average person now knows that exposing yourself to radiation won’t give you superpowers, just cancer. the concept of a secret identity in general just isn’t believable these days thanks to things like facial recognition and Internet tracking.
Are there any other staples of the superhero genre that are getting harder and harder to justify as time goes on?
>Guys it's so unrealistic and immersion breaking that these guys with super strength who fly through the air or stick on walls like spiders STILL work at a newspaper.
Jacob Nelson
The funny thing is newspapers, as in their paper editions, vastly outsell cape comics. Nothing irl will give you superpowers. Just wear a mask.
Stop being a clueless faggot OP, criticism isn't always smart criticism.
David Rivera
Oh wow, newspaper now becomes news network/website. That was fucking hard
Owen Foster
>Nothing irl will give you superpowers. It's like you haven't heard of CRISPR.
Bentley Allen
the idea that there are still small family-owned farms not owned by megacorporations left in America is unironically more outdated than print newspapers being a thing.
Gavin Sullivan
Superheroes have been "corny" and "unbelievable" since the start- even the 1978 Superman film pokes fun at this. If you put logic into them, they're about as fun as paleontology.
