BAMF! POW! WHAM!

Ah, the joy of action packed superhero comics, but alas there's seems to be a bit of a disintegration of the superhero genre. While for years comics were only read by 'geeks and freaks', the growing interest in comic books has spawned from the growing comic book film industry.

Even though it seems like every time you turn around there is a new superhero movie, there is at least three other comic book based movies coming out. '30 Days of Night', 'V for Vendetta', and 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' are/were blockbuster movies that were based on non-superhero graphic novels. I credit this mostly to his awesomeness, Alan Moore, and the ever great Frank Miller.

Alan Moore's been a comic book cult favourite since he was doing the Doctor Who weeklies and doesn't want to be affiliated with the movies made from his work. Then, on the other hand is Frank Miller who is directly involved in the fusion of his work to movies, making an enormous legion of fans.

What does that have to do with superheroes? Everything. People are guided by what the idiot box puts in front of their faces. Many people don't even realize what they're being fed is a comic book based film, but there's a percentage of people that want more and research it. These are the people who are discovering comic books for the first time. These are also the people that are introduced with a biased opinion.

It took me 2 years before I would dignify superhero comics as great. Why? Because I always thought that superheroes were wankers, they had their Justice League and Aquaman. (Still I really hate Aquaman). It took a copy of Frank Miller's (I sound like a super fan) Batman to make me realize the mythology of the superhero. What newbies seem to think is that Batman is stereotypical superhero, but he really isn't. Batman was never really a superhero, he is merely a caped detective. Thus why Batman came from Detective Comics. Sure, he has his gadgets, millions of dollars, and loads of hot ladies that appear and readers look forward to each issue.

Of course then that leads me to the ultimate superhero of them all, Superman. He has it all, the looks, strength and all around charming personality that makes him great. (Although he wasn't so great back in the Golden Age, just look at some of the things he did to Lois and Jimmy Olsen) My thing has always been how can they have so many issues?

How can they make so many different situations for a man who can only be hurt

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