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With properties like The Boys, Bright Burn, and Batman movies and spinoffs like Joker, it's starting to sneak back in. There was a similar cycle in the late 80
by jimbokun 5y ago
With properties like The Boys, Bright Burn, and Batman movies and spinoffs like Joker, it's starting to sneak back in.
There was a similar cycle in the late 80s and 90s, when there was a rush of "mature" super hero comics.
- babypuncher 5y agoI don't think it's much of a cycle, there has been a constant undercurrent of "mature" cynical superhero comics and movies for decades now. In the '00s we had the Christian Bale Batman movies, and adaptations of V for Vendetta and Watchmen. In the '10s we had Deadpool and the Zack Snyder DC movies with their unprecedented cynical take on Superman. It all continues today with Venom and Batman spinoffs.