OmegaFlight

October 1, 2008 10:37 am Just a nitpick, but he Def Leppard drummer had one arm, not no arms. So technically he was posed to show off the one arm he had and hide the one he was missing. Still sleazy, but less so than you made out.

June 26, 2008 2:51 pm

Is there a difference? Of course there is. And that's not a bad thing. If there was no difference one of the companies would have disappeared or been swallowed up by the other a long time ago. Sure both publish stories about super heroes, with equally implausible characters and situations. But to quote Roger Ebert, 'it's not what it's about, it's how it's about it.'

Leave it to the 'indie' guy to ask that question (just kidding).

June 24, 2008 3:24 pm

I have to agree with itsbecca. I don't dislike Superman but he holds no interest for me. The problem is everything is black and white with him. There are no shades of grey. When Wonder Woman killed Maxwell Lord, instead of saying 'Thanks for saving me and possible millions of other people by stopping that guy and making the hard decision' he was disappointed in her. Superman never faces the kill one save a thousand dilema (or don't save one, save many since he won't kill). Even if he did the writers would get him out of it by letting him save everyone.

And that is where I think the real problem lies, it's not so much the character as it is the editorial mandate for the character. Superman is boring because he is kept that way. He was created in a simpler time for simpler stories and because he is an icon, has not been allowed to change with the times. He's a throwback to the days of the Shadow, the Phantom, the Green Hornet and the War of the Worlds radio show. Unlike those others his fame has not faded into obscurity, but unlike Batman and other characters created in that time, he has not changed.

June 24, 2008 2:18 pm Too bad none of that shows up on the printed page.