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Has there been a meaningful superhero comic

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 16:36:12 2016 No.86015843 View Reply Original Report

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since this?

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 16:38:03 No.86015883 Report

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Trouble

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 16:38:05 No.86015884 Report

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Flex Mentallo

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 16:40:15 No.86015927 Report

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rth4rthtyh

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 16:42:41 No.86015976 Report

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Watchmen is the ultimate deconstruction of the superhero genre...no book has come close to replicating that besides maybe The Dark Knight Returns,

this is not a pretentious statement, just fact

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 17:52:33 No.86017397 Report

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>>86015976
it's not a deconstuction, just a realistic take

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 17:57:35 No.86017500 Report

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>>86017397
Deconstruction is pointing out all the various practical and logical flaws in a particular story element. When it comes to media like Superhero stuff which is usually very far removed from reality playing it realistically almost always results in deconstructing it, whether that was the intention to begin with or not.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 18:16:21 No.86017914 Report

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>>86017500
I'd argue that if something isn't trying to intentionally evaluate or point weaknesses then it's not a deconstruction.
Marshal Law, now that's a superhero genre deconstruction.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 18:17:23 No.86017940 Report

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Squadron Supreme

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 18:27:30 No.86018144 Report

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Can someone please explain to me the meaning of Watchmen?

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 18:28:53 No.86018173 Report

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A response to the CCA and it's effect on the industry

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:37:02 No.86019722 Report

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>meaningful
>capes
If there has then, it is my firm opinion that they are doing it wrong. Watchemn isn't meaningful either. It reminds me of any given Avengers story where Pym goes nuts.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:39:43 No.86019793 Report

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>>86015843
Flex Mentallo
All-Star Superman
Planetary

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:40:09 No.86019799 Report

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>>86017397
It is pessimistic not realistic. There's a difference. He had to give Nixon extra terms in office to spin victory in SE asia as bad for the US.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:41:58 No.86019833 Report

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Kingdom Come and it's fuck the extreme 90's deal

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:43:16 No.86019872 Report

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>>86015843
Define "Meaningful".

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:45:32 No.86019911 Report

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Pic related is the only actually meaningful comic comes to mind. Watchmen is just capes with dirt.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:59:09 No.86020212 Report

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>>86019799
Truth. I have issues with the way some comic geeks abuse the word "realistic", automatically equating it with violence, pessimism and cynicism, as though that's all it takes. Watchmen isn't any more "realistic" than Tiny Titans, it's just weird and over the top in a different way.

as to the OP''s question, well, that's gets into really subjective territory, but I find certain levels of meaning and value in Jame's Robinson's Starman. That's a smart, heartfelt, interesting book.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 20:07:49 No.86020420 Report

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Saga

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 20:10:11 No.86020481 Report

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Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
IDK what do you mean by meaningful?
You mean big impact on comics that even majority people know about it?
Something universally loved.

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Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 20:30:14 No.86020943 Report

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>>86020212
A good portion of posters here are likely experiencing a trend of downward mobility as a side efect of moving out on their own for the first time. Pessimism likely seems like realism to them. It's understandable.

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