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Jan 22, 2019 · If you’re looking for more perspectives on the “realistic” superhero story after watching Glass, here are six comic books to check out. For your convenience, we’ve listed them from most ...
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Kurt Busiek’s Astro City is just like Watchmen, but imo better because it maintains the optimism that is so central to superheroes. Astro City, by Kurt Busiek, is excellent. It mixes 1950s era optimism with 1980s grounded realistic characterization. The series has been running for 30 years now, and the characters have aged in real time.
Batman is a competent man pulp hero. No. Batman is the world’s greatest detective. He’s also a rich vigilante skilled in hand-to-hand and acrobatics. He’s been made to be a comic hero because of his unwillingness to kill, success and sense of Justice. He's always been a comic book hero since his first appearance.
Nov 30, 2022 · The Amazing Spider-Man #121-122. Before “The Night Gwen Stacy Died,” readers could always rely on the hero to save the day — and the girl — no matter how bleak things got. That security was yanked away forever when Spidey’s girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, was killed for real by Green Goblin.
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- 'Fantastic Four' by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. #1-102 (1962-1970) Photo : Courtesy of Marvel. No run in comic book history was as consequential as Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's work on Fantastic Four.
- 'Watchmen' Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. #1-12 (1986-87) Photo : Courtesy of DC Comics. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons work is largely considered the greatest achievement in the medium ever.
- 'The Dark Knight Returns' by Frank Miller. #1-4 (1986) Photo : Frank Miller/DC Entertainment. Frank Miller made Batman cool again with his tale of an aging Dark Knight coming out of retirement to take on a corrupt Gotham, President Reagan and the Man of Steel himself.
- 'Amazing Spider-Man' by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, John Romita and Gil Kane. 'Amazing Fantasy' #15; 'Amazing Spider-Man' #1-100 (1963-1971) Photo : Courtesy of Marvel.
Watchman was written and published in 1986 and The Boys while "newer" is still from 2006. There's no shortage of different kinds of super hero comics, they just don't get the attention Batman and Spider-Man do either because they're too indie for most readers or they're in print for such a short time that they never reach critical mass.
Good realistic superhero comic books. Are there any comic books with realistic superheroes like watchmen but isn't so dark, or at least the heroes themselves not being dark?
