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The thing about modern superhero comic liberalism is that the general political makeup of a big two superhero writer is a liberal but like, in the 80s they were willing to Show Who The President Was. So when Reagan was doing things they didn't agree with, they would write him in their comics doing the things they didn't agree with. But ever since 2016 the superhero world has had an Unknown Other President because now they are tangibly unwilling to show political figures as they actually exist whereas before there were less issues. And I do think being part of multimedia empires like Disney and Warner Bros is a big part of that but it is really notable comparing how big two comics used to be willing to Show Who The President Is and now they aren't.

#exactly!

kaiokentimesten

I love seeing certain takes about certain characters and going "congrats. You've fallen for the front they put up"

#unironically batman

wanderintofics

rough drafting it here but i think Batman has a special connection to the concept of child sidekicks in a way that defies modern feelings about child soldiers because he was the child who lost everything and felt he needed to make a change in the world but was denied the agency and choice to do anything. child Bruce would have fit right in with any of the Robins if he'd had a Batman and it's the fact that he didn't that ultimately drives him to extend the choice he never got. it was never about soldiers or "refusing to protect the children from themselves," it is, within the acceptable morality of the genre, respecting a child's personhood and ability to make decisions for themselves and giving them opportunities their adult never had. it's why you can't take the Robins away from Batman without significantly changing the character, because Batman was born from child Bruce's most heartfelt wish to be able to DO something about all the injustice in the world and so to deny other children that is to deny himself

#i like this take

3ch0locator

comic book covers r the original clickbait n we still fall for it

baltharino

The Batman (2x02) // Batman: Under the Red Hood

#runs in the family

baltharino

Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)

dsnnatroy

Zatanna #3 variant cover art by David Talaski

hood-ex

Scream. Bruce scruffed Dick like a kitten.

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #53

batmanhistorian

BOO. ⸺ HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO HAS SO MANY TOYS BE SO MEAN? Sketchbook drawing of Batman by Kyle Rayner from Green Lantern: Secret Files & Origins (1998) #1