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Originally Posted by The Pedestrian
I'm going to take the pessimistic route on this one because what made the Avengers and almost every Marvel superhero a success is how they were all true underdogs who can relate to the average inferiority complex of real people.
DC and the Justice League, OTOH, come from the perspective of "We were extraordinary individuals who became even better!" Batman is really the only one who can relate to Marvel's kind of audience...but maybe Superman can have some potential if they play off the plot of Smallville.  |
Mostly this.
Marvel takes the guy who's below average and gives him power and then says "How would this guy react?"
DC comics say "Somewhere we lost a step to Marvel. ALL OUR HEROES must have more power/abilities/strengths than them."
You can relate to Batman. He's human, even if a ga-zillionaire. He's still human.
Then...then it just gets stupid on the DC side...