The thing is: super hero stories are almost definitionally great man stories. Hell I'm conspiracy pilled enough, especially in wake of the citations needed episode revolving around the iowa school, to think that they're at least in part an op.
Pushing collective action in a superhero framework kind of inherently frames it is a moral/idealistic concept rather than as a material imperative. Like...if superman can solve the climate crisis and he chooses not too because he wants normal people to organize...how is that different than a billionaire who will pay lip service to the climate crisis and efforts to stop it but can't be bothered to actually institute any policy change that might actually help?
Hard to make any comic - particularly in the DC universe - that isn't a Great Man story. Superkid being at the front of the parade doesn't really change that.
Hot take: a superhero comic that centres organization and mass mobilization >>> Great Man solutions.
Not saying that's exactly what the comic is doing, but maybe they're moving in the right direction.
The thing is: super hero stories are almost definitionally great man stories. Hell I'm conspiracy pilled enough, especially in wake of the citations needed episode revolving around the iowa school, to think that they're at least in part an op.
Pushing collective action in a superhero framework kind of inherently frames it is a moral/idealistic concept rather than as a material imperative. Like...if superman can solve the climate crisis and he chooses not too because he wants normal people to organize...how is that different than a billionaire who will pay lip service to the climate crisis and efforts to stop it but can't be bothered to actually institute any policy change that might actually help?
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That's an interesting point. I think it would be cool to see a comic hero countering cointelpro bullshit so that way movements don't get ruined.
Imagining an alt. history October Revolution with super heroes on both sides.
It's still a story about a literal Ubermensch.
Hard to make any comic - particularly in the DC universe - that isn't a Great Man story. Superkid being at the front of the parade doesn't really change that.