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Originally Posted by Xanderfox
In a world so stinking with superheros it makes sense that there MUST be the Silly but effective superheros. Not everyone can be the brooding jerk with heart of gold like Wolverine. At the same time her former team the Great Lakes Avengers proves that having powers doesn't make a successful hero. The GLA actually have useful powers, but unlike the rest of the Marvel universe their personal issues and lack of skill actually hinder their heroics, they don't even get to fight crime if ANYONE else is available.
So while they start out as silly joke characters, when you actually look at it their existence makes sense.
Finally don't underestimate what thousands of squirrels with a single goal can accomplish!
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Personally i just like that in a company hell-bent on turning every hero into a brooding anti-hero with more issues than TV Guide, SOMEONE is coming up with stories of even just a few heroes who just shut up and save the world.
Hell personally I don't even mind if they get darker and edgier powers as long as they shut up about their personal issues and get to saving people. (Just to keep it on topic I did like the whole Mary Marvel going evil thing, but it could've been handled better)
It's part of why I liked Cassandra Cain as batgirl: she quite literally shut up (she couldn't speak well) and saved the day. She had relationships and hang-ups, but most of her stories just dealt with her trying to find her place and learn to interact with people. It's a small consolation to me that the big reset button they pressed in DC comics means they could potentially bring the old Cass back, and not the brooding anti-hero who comes off as a stand-offish jerk rather than an outsider looking in.
That was, btw, worst EC ever...I almost stopped reading comics when I heard what they had done to the character I cared about...
they couldn't whip out the retcon bat fast enough for that slip-up...