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Superman is only interesting to me when he's God-Coded. Not Jesus Coded, God as in Demi-God or however you want to call it. If Superman really is just an
>aww shucks
farmboy and literally nothing else, then there is no point to the character. He can be a middling flying brick and get by on his personality, which hey, is fine. That Superman isn't a bad character. He's cute. But you can't have that and also call him SUPERman and demand he's the bestest and OPest and the paragon and everything. Superman needs to be a God-Like figure, and yes, he also needs to be unique. Supergirl, Superboy, all those people dilute his importance and create problems.
You can disagree and piss and moan, but there's a reason 95% of Superman comics are just forgotten, whereas one-offs like All-Star, MiracleMan, Jenkins' original Sentry and so on, hold up. The archetype only works if it's taken to the limit and is used as a springboard for interesting and wild stories that impact the world. Superman as a weekly comic character who just fights random crimes is utterly moronic.
>aww shucks
farmboy and literally nothing else, then there is no point to the character. He can be a middling flying brick and get by on his personality, which hey, is fine. That Superman isn't a bad character. He's cute. But you can't have that and also call him SUPERman and demand he's the bestest and OPest and the paragon and everything. Superman needs to be a God-Like figure, and yes, he also needs to be unique. Supergirl, Superboy, all those people dilute his importance and create problems.
You can disagree and piss and moan, but there's a reason 95% of Superman comics are just forgotten, whereas one-offs like All-Star, MiracleMan, Jenkins' original Sentry and so on, hold up. The archetype only works if it's taken to the limit and is used as a springboard for interesting and wild stories that impact the world. Superman as a weekly comic character who just fights random crimes is utterly moronic.
