I saw a thread for Marvel, but what about the other titan? So let's discuss our favorite heroes from DC comics!!
This probably going to be a popular answer in here, but Batman. The thing I love about Batman is that he is a man. Granted he is an unimaginably rich man with a physique of absolute human perfection. His mind is one of the most brilliant in the DC universe, but also one of the most damaged. The trauma he suffered seeing his parents viciously gunned down broke that little boys mind and consumed him with anger, and an unquenchable thirst to stop this injustice from ever occurring again to anyone. So he leaves and trains in the worlds most secret and deadly martial arts, and uses his vast (seemingly endless) fortune to wage his one man war. But what intrigues me most about his character is the stages of evolution he has gone through in his 75 year history. When he began in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 he carried the bare essentials a lockpick set, flashlight, and a gun. The gun was taken away by the time Robin came into the picture. But in his early adventures he had no issues with killing and even went as far as far as hanging a man from his plane. In 1954 a book is released with the title "Seduction of the Innocent" in the book the author describes Batman and Robin's relationship as homosexual. This creates outrage from parents, and the Comics Code Authority is born. During this time Batman's stories becam much light fare, and had him doing strange things like going into space, and wearing multicolored costumes. This of course led to Batman the TV series. In 1966 Adam West and Burt Ward donned the tights and took Batman's campy 50's adventures to audiences at home. For many this was their first exposure to Batman. It was a critical success and over night it became televisions number one show. Flash forward to 1969. A writer named Dennis O'Neil began work with artist Neal Adams to bring Batman "up to date". In my humble opinion this is when Batman was truly made into a serious character. Dennis O'Neil went on to create some of the best Batman stories in his history. Flash forward again to the 80's and Frank Miller further solidifies Batman's new grittier and darker approach with "The Dark Knight Returns" and "Batman: Year One" a few years later. But outside of his rich and colored history I like the approach of this being a story pf mental illness. Let's face it Batman is a paranoid nut job who dresses like a bat, and beats the pulp out of bad guys. But he never crosses that one line. On the reverse we have his rogues. Joker is the antithesis to Batman. Where Batman is order, the Joker is chaos. They are two sides of the same coin. And that has always interested me in Batman is the view on mental illness and how it can twist people into animals.
A close second for me is Green Lantern.
This probably going to be a popular answer in here, but Batman. The thing I love about Batman is that he is a man. Granted he is an unimaginably rich man with a physique of absolute human perfection. His mind is one of the most brilliant in the DC universe, but also one of the most damaged. The trauma he suffered seeing his parents viciously gunned down broke that little boys mind and consumed him with anger, and an unquenchable thirst to stop this injustice from ever occurring again to anyone. So he leaves and trains in the worlds most secret and deadly martial arts, and uses his vast (seemingly endless) fortune to wage his one man war. But what intrigues me most about his character is the stages of evolution he has gone through in his 75 year history. When he began in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 he carried the bare essentials a lockpick set, flashlight, and a gun. The gun was taken away by the time Robin came into the picture. But in his early adventures he had no issues with killing and even went as far as far as hanging a man from his plane. In 1954 a book is released with the title "Seduction of the Innocent" in the book the author describes Batman and Robin's relationship as homosexual. This creates outrage from parents, and the Comics Code Authority is born. During this time Batman's stories becam much light fare, and had him doing strange things like going into space, and wearing multicolored costumes. This of course led to Batman the TV series. In 1966 Adam West and Burt Ward donned the tights and took Batman's campy 50's adventures to audiences at home. For many this was their first exposure to Batman. It was a critical success and over night it became televisions number one show. Flash forward to 1969. A writer named Dennis O'Neil began work with artist Neal Adams to bring Batman "up to date". In my humble opinion this is when Batman was truly made into a serious character. Dennis O'Neil went on to create some of the best Batman stories in his history. Flash forward again to the 80's and Frank Miller further solidifies Batman's new grittier and darker approach with "The Dark Knight Returns" and "Batman: Year One" a few years later. But outside of his rich and colored history I like the approach of this being a story pf mental illness. Let's face it Batman is a paranoid nut job who dresses like a bat, and beats the pulp out of bad guys. But he never crosses that one line. On the reverse we have his rogues. Joker is the antithesis to Batman. Where Batman is order, the Joker is chaos. They are two sides of the same coin. And that has always interested me in Batman is the view on mental illness and how it can twist people into animals.
A close second for me is Green Lantern.
