In 1941, Captain America’s first comic showed him punching out Adolf Hitler. It wasn’t a metaphor, an exploration of the complexities of international relations, or a statement: evil exists, and sometimes, you have to face it. Imagine that cover being pitched today. “But have we considered Hitler’s
    • @Fondots
      2•5 days ago

      Yes, but his heightened senses borderline on superpowers

      He’s also usually considered to be a street-level hero, he’s mopping up the gangster and ordinary (by comics standards anyway, around hells kitchen, but usually doesn’t go too far beyond that (varying by writer, storyline, etc. of course, nothing is absolutely so in comics)

      His villains, overall, tend to be relatively run of the mill gangsters, assassins, etc. just dialed up to 11 because that’s what sells comics. Kingpin isn’t really out to take over the world, he’s just out to run a criminal empire. The hand is mostly similar with some magic thrown in. They’re not the biggest existential threats to earth or the marvel universe as a whole, daredevil is mostly just dealing with whatever crimes are threatening his part of New York.

      Arguably, he does just as much good with a wider impact as a lawyer given the types of clients and cases he takes on.