Plenty of superhero comics that fall into those traps are GREAT. It's a matter of what you want to get out of the story. Morrison's batman run is brilliant and a fantastic psychological story about Batman as a premise and becomes super meta and continuity based. I don't think at any point Bruce punches down. Similar case with Tom King's run which is all about depression and the will to live.
For another King story, one that is very superhero based but all about gods and suicide is his Mister Miracle, if you liked his Vision work, I highly recommend Mister Miracle. Trigger warning though, like seriously HUGE one. Wonderfully handled though.
I don't get what you mean by super villains seeming post hoc, they are like 90% of what superheroes fight. Shockingly most spider-man comics focus on Electro and not Peter beating up some father trying to make money through petty crime. Superheroes can be pretty lib, or radlib which can actually be more annoying cause they almost get it like most Green Arrow stuff.
I'd say find goofy superhero stuff and dont expect a story to take on society or be a marxist text, sometimes it is just gonna be the Flash punching a Gorilla with telekinetic powers, embrace it dont run from it.
Read Fantastic Four or New Gods for crazy sci fi stuff, they fight interdimensional threats, not street crime. And FF is family drama first and foremost. Or if you want street level stuff that deals with that stuff pretty well because it is about a hero who has a lib view but is always wrong and tries to uphold the law despite its contradictions and is broken by it, read most any Daredevil. Miller, pre crazy, was incredible with that stuff. I know Brubaker is legendary as well. Waid's is fantastic if you want something fun and uplifting about the most depressing marvel hero.
Spider-man has a lot of lib shit when it comes to cops, but you can find some classic stuff like the Hobgoblin saga from Defalco's run, in fact buy the black and white trades of most 70s spider-man for a good time even if flawed.
Nightwing both the Higgins run and the incredible Tim Seeley run are fantastic. In fact Seeley deals heavily with rehabilitation.
One of the best masterpieces out there that is very focused on personal drama is Robinson's Starman work. If you want something finished and practically perfect, pick that up
So I don't know about piracy, but others have given some links here that should certainly have them. This link should work and collects all of it in one.
https://getcomics.info/dc/batman-by-grant-morrison-omnibus-vol-1-3-2018-2020-fan-made/
Plenty of superhero comics that fall into those traps are GREAT. It's a matter of what you want to get out of the story. Morrison's batman run is brilliant and a fantastic psychological story about Batman as a premise and becomes super meta and continuity based. I don't think at any point Bruce punches down. Similar case with Tom King's run which is all about depression and the will to live.
For another King story, one that is very superhero based but all about gods and suicide is his Mister Miracle, if you liked his Vision work, I highly recommend Mister Miracle. Trigger warning though, like seriously HUGE one. Wonderfully handled though.
I don't get what you mean by super villains seeming post hoc, they are like 90% of what superheroes fight. Shockingly most spider-man comics focus on Electro and not Peter beating up some father trying to make money through petty crime. Superheroes can be pretty lib, or radlib which can actually be more annoying cause they almost get it like most Green Arrow stuff.
I'd say find goofy superhero stuff and dont expect a story to take on society or be a marxist text, sometimes it is just gonna be the Flash punching a Gorilla with telekinetic powers, embrace it dont run from it.
Read Fantastic Four or New Gods for crazy sci fi stuff, they fight interdimensional threats, not street crime. And FF is family drama first and foremost. Or if you want street level stuff that deals with that stuff pretty well because it is about a hero who has a lib view but is always wrong and tries to uphold the law despite its contradictions and is broken by it, read most any Daredevil. Miller, pre crazy, was incredible with that stuff. I know Brubaker is legendary as well. Waid's is fantastic if you want something fun and uplifting about the most depressing marvel hero.
Spider-man has a lot of lib shit when it comes to cops, but you can find some classic stuff like the Hobgoblin saga from Defalco's run, in fact buy the black and white trades of most 70s spider-man for a good time even if flawed.
Nightwing both the Higgins run and the incredible Tim Seeley run are fantastic. In fact Seeley deals heavily with rehabilitation.
One of the best masterpieces out there that is very focused on personal drama is Robinson's Starman work. If you want something finished and practically perfect, pick that up
i was about to comment morrison’s batman run, fantastic four, daredevil, and new gods until i read your comment, great taste
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So I don't know about piracy, but others have given some links here that should certainly have them. This link should work and collects all of it in one. https://getcomics.info/dc/batman-by-grant-morrison-omnibus-vol-1-3-2018-2020-fan-made/
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