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like, spiderman I get. he's not powerful or rich enough to keep aunty may and mary jane safe from his enemies so by donning a mask he at least makes his foes put some effort into striking at him via the ones he loves.
batman though, wtf. richest man in gotham, if he wants to "fight crime" he could just have his limo pull up in poorsville and he could start wailing on whoever he liked, cops wouldn't do nothing. worst consequence would be a supervillain trying to get him cancelled because of wayne corps polluting and labor code violations, but lol, the rich are above shame as they are above the law. the only person bruce wayne cares about is alfred and I'm p' sure alfred can take care of himself. if he can't, bruce can hire a private army to keep him safe.
superman's also pretty puzzling. he gains nothing by being able to pass himself off as human. he's got super hearing and super eyesight and probably super computer hacking in newer iterations. like, he can find stuff out without pretending to be clark kent. he could stash lois layne and the kents in the justice league moon base or antarctica or whatever, it's not like anyone's going to mess with a living god's lover and family anyway.
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I think that if every super hero was an egotistical dictator that didn't care about what others thought of them the stories would be boring.
The other identity lets them attempt a semi normal life.
In the case of batman, he literally commits crime. Yeah the cops call on him or what not and kind of look the other way. But some judge somewhere is sure to charge him if they only knew his true identity!
if I recall, super hero being an egotistical dictator was one of the plot lines in alan moore's marvel man and it was a pretty good comic.
moon night, who has not one but three secret identities is usually a pretty garbage comic.
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Jul 28, 2022 07:05
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let's face it Clark Kent doesn't exist to protect superman, or his loved ones, from his enemies, Clark Kent exists to protect superman from his conscience
given the similar power levels and that dr. manhattan was pressed on this very thing after he watched the comedian kill his girlfriend, in your opinion is it safe to say that dr. manhattan hides behind his dong?
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Jul 29, 2022 07:30
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I just mean if every superhero just did what they wanted all the time with no repercussions because they were super it wouldn't be very fun.
you've described the boys which is, in fact, very fun. nothing personal, but your comic book intuition is kinda broken
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Jul 30, 2022 03:11
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when batman gets all that science and manufacturing stuff delivered to the batcave I bet he pays more for the stuff to be delivered clandestinely and confidentially than he pays for the stuff being delivered. his mask fetish is wasting money in figures we can't even imagine
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oh poo poo, that's right. frank miller made a weird master race batman third series I never read and had completely forgotten about until now
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