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Sandman stands in my mind. Though, most folks don't think of those as super hero. I think most of that is definitionally, though. If you accept that super he
by taeric 5y ago
Sandman stands in my mind. Though, most folks don't think of those as super hero.
I think most of that is definitionally, though. If you accept that super hero comics are bad, you probably consider any good ones to not be super hero.
Edit: that said, Gaiman's Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader is undeniably a super hero comic. Complete with an amazing call out to Goodnight Moon.
Edit2: Perez's Wonder Woman set is highly regarded, I think. In many ways more feminist than current works, from my memory.
- tptacek 5y agoIt's so not a superhero comic that DC actually came up with a new imprint for it and Hellblazer. It was, very briefly, a Moore-style sendup of superhero comics ("sleep, and if you wish, you may dream of the city of focative mirrors"), but shed that almost immediately when Gaiman got his footing. But like, I stopped reading superhero comics pretty quickly (I got to comics late, with Punisher [gag] and X-Men, and switched within like a year to the Vertigo/Cerebus/Comix stuff). So for all I know, there's a long "Aquaman" arc where he subtextually confronts misogyny or contemplates Rawlsianism. "Wonder Woman" is a good example! Thanks!
- taeric 5y agoMy only qualm is that I feel that is shifting definitions. I'm reminded of folks calling what Gaiman writes as graphic novels, not comics. Which... Seems silly. Especially since I remember buying them, as comics.