Society of Super-Heroes. How War Ruins Good People. A Thread.

I don't think anyone captured the melancholy of Superman quite like Alan Moore.

Excuse me

Batman is actually cool when he's on the backfoot the whole time until pulling the rug out on his enemies and you realise he's been in control the whole time. He's like superhero columbo.

Think it was Fit who said Jimenez and Mora should switch on Superman and Batman currently.

And guess who's BENEFITING FROM IT. BANGERS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED

Mandatory DC reading imo

The whole "he's the best of us, ultimate symbol of hope soft boy" characterization is a response to Batman. Its to be a counter to Batman instead of his own thing. It's about making Superman a supporting character for Batman.

90% of the time when a writer is doing the whole "trying to get Superman" thing, it's because they're Batman fans who don't really get that the character was made from an entirely different mindset and philosophy from Batman, and instead try to fit him into a Bat-Shaped hole.

I don't think we emphasised how dogshit this movie was when it came out.

Point is: WW is just as developed and interesting of a character as Batman or Superman and could easily carry a show for herself and the fact she hasn't already is ridiculous.

And I mean Absolute Wonder Woman is breaking new ground as we speak. Give it a few years and this book will be ripe for new ideas and stories to explore.

Or who says we have to stick to main continuity? Pull from one of my favourite stories Dead Earth with its world building and unique lore, you could even do a whole focus episode on it as an elseworld or flashfoward type.

And Diana is no stranger to big event storylines that would make for easy season finales. Those big iconic stories that get talked about for years to come.

Speaking of losing her powers, you want to go really out there? Adapt the spy stuff of the 70s. Some of it really hasn't aged well but reinvent it under a modern pen and it might be genuinely compelling.

There's a few stories where Diana loses the title of Wonder Woman and is replaced by a different amazon and would make for a great few episode arc as Diana explores inwards about what WW means and we follow a new face as our Amazonian hero.

It's important to explore the failures of Diana as well, and while it may take a while to suitably set-up, her greatest in Silver Swan would be one of the most compelling things the show could do.

Diana is also no stranger to a cross-time caper, so if you want to take down the sci-fi root, which she has a surprisingly strong history for, and revist the 40s for a Golden Age or Earth 2 homage, you've got an outlet.

And is there anything that even needs to be said about the well of stories from the iconic, over 60 issue run on the character by George Perez? You could make an entire animated series off of this run alone.

There's plenty of storylines from all the character's eras that while maybe not suited for whole storylines, would be strong single episodes that explore the more mythical or fantastical elements of the character, exploring Amazon lore and Greek Myth

And that's not even factoring in Diana's stable of heroes at her side. The Wonder Girls, Nubia, Artemis, even her own mother have taken up superheroics. You don't need to adapt all of them, but you're certainly spoilt for choice.