Mixed bag. The medium and the story depth are really independent. Lex Luthor, for example, is a lot deeper and more relatable in the comics than in the movies.

Mixed bag. The medium and the story depth are really independent. Lex Luthor, for example, is a lot deeper and more relatable in the comics than in the movies. In the movies he seeks power for the sake of power at best, at worst does evil for the sake of evil. In the comics his thought process is actually fairly reasonable when you consider he cannot read Superman's thought balloons nor see the cut-scenes where Superman flies to the farm and moans to his mom about not being able to do more. It goes something like this: "There's an alien among us. He has enormous power. He's doing good deeds for now - which happens to get him public support, which is even more power. There's no way to know his true intentions. He could be the prelude to an invasion. Even by himself, he could take advantage of a crisis - or manufacture one - and take over the world. And we're adulating him, defenseless against him... someone must fight him."