For some reason I’ve just never liked Spider-Man. He comes off as a whiney, ignorant child that never seems to grow up or mature despite everything he goes through. I love a good coming of age story, but he just never seems to become an adult.
For some reason I’ve just never liked Spider-Man. He comes off as a whiney, ignorant child that never seems to grow up or mature despite everything he goes through. I love a good coming of age story, but he just never seems to become an adult.
it’s his ideals make him interesting, his nemesis litterally is an evil billonaire
Kryptonite exists precisely because superman with all his powers ISN’T interesting. Without it, he can’t be brave because he can’t die or be harmed. He can’t be generous because nothing is a challenge. Every heroic act is the equivalent of a billionaire handing a homeless person a dollar. The only thing remarkable about him is that he doesn’t abuse that power. Which is a very low bar to congradulate, idolizatize and worship someone.
The times that he does get reduced to semi mortal status by kryptonite, he wins because the writers made it so. eg. overconfident/stupid villains that gloat instead of taking advantage, deus ex machina etc. Most of the time when he is mortal he is shown to be much more vulnerable than a normal person psychologically and combatwise because he relies so heavily on his powers instead of having to develop fighting skills and coping strategies like everyone else does.
you are too focussed on the x vs y aspect of the stories. To me fights are the least interesting part you should read all star superman