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For many years, The Batman has tackled some truly dangerous criminals in his native city. It is interesting to note that villains that fight The Batman are of a starkly different flavor from the villains that other superheroes face. Unlike the villains of other heroes, such as Superman and Spider-man, The Batman’s collection of villains are less known for their superhuman abilities and more for being reflections of a variety of mental health disorders. In this vein, they echo The Batman himself. By his own admission, The Batman has “issues, lots of issues.” Indeed, aside from a few notable exceptions, they’re all fairly regular human beings. Once one gets past the fractured state of mental health, at least. Some of these characters, albeit being fictional, make for excellent studies into both the criminal psyche and how people with mental health disorders might act in some circumstances.

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The numerous miraculous rescues by the local wonder boy Clark have aroused suspicions amongst colonials of Smallville. Interestingly, the boy has managed to downplay his acts of various heroic egresses in the past. They say he’s either too fast or has a penchant for finding trouble. He was found by Martha and Jonathan Kent on the day of the Meteor Shower, and subsequently adopted. Clark’s friend Lex Luthor, the only heir of Luthorcorp, has been secretly investigating grounds for Clark’s outlandish valor. However, on the face of it, Clark just seems a normal boy who’s slightly more secretive than usual. Read the rest of this entry »

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In the massive universe-wide crossover civil war spiderman played a major role. In fact, the events of issue #2 of the main civil war mini-series involving the wall-crawler set the tone for the entire crossover. In that issue of civil war spiderman unmasked at a press conference for the entire world to see.

Civil war was initiated by the Superhuman Registration Act, which required all super-humans, good or evil, to register with the government, thus unmasking and making their secret identities known. In a show of good faith during civil war spiderman took his mask off in public to show his support for the act.

This one tiny occurrence sent shockwaves through both the comic world and the real world. Reported in newspapers and television programs all over the world, people everywhere were stunned by the revelation that spiderman was making his identity known for the first time. As closely guarded as his secret was to protect his loved ones, it was a bold move for spiderman. But in civil war spiderman thought he was doing the right thing, but that soon changed. Read the rest of this entry »

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To be ranked as some of the best villains in marvel comics they have to be dastardly, cool, clever, or just plain evil.  And the marvel universe is filled with plenty of villains that fit the bill.  But only a select few of the villains in marvel comics are the baddest of the bad.  Not all the villains in marvel comics could hold the distinction of the absolute best, but these are among the ones that can.

First up we have the Green Goblin, Norman Osborn.  He may not be the most powerful of all the villains in marvel comics, but he’s definitely one of the vilest.  Terrorizing Spider-Man until Osborn’s death, and then terrorizing him again when he came back from the dead, Osborn is vicious, depraved and unpredictable.  And now that he sits in a seat of power over the entire marvel universe that unpredictability and his psychopathic tendencies just shot him up to the top of the list of the greatest villains in marvel comics. Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s no secret that Marvel comic books are the best selling comic books in the American market. Marvel holds the highest percentage of the market share as it has for many years, just above main rival, DC Comics. But does this really mean that Marvel comic books are the standard for the industry? Are they the best written and best illustrated? Are they diverse and varied enough? Do they really captivate readers that much, or is it mainly due to die-hard fans of their characters or creators buying up books just for that reason alone?

Of course, that’s not something that can be easily discerned, if it even can at all. Things like this are largely subjective, and no study in the world could possibly gauge the reasons behind all the buyers of Marvel comic books purchasing the books. But one can look at the market, and look at the books being produced by Marvel and by other companies and develop their own opinion.

Naturally, though, opinions are completely polarized between fans of Marvel comic books and fans of DC comic books, each despising the other. Read the rest of this entry »

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