I was just procrastinating thinking... what do you think superheroes would do in the real world? fight crime like in the comic books? fight dictators and terrorists and try not to step in the toes of a super power? just become celebrities like in The Boys? go postal and start killing white collar criminals and politicians?
I'm not super versed on comic books so I imagine some authors have tried to deal with the issue (probably Watchmen but that was still very american centric) but in most comic book media they always act like they need to be vigilantes, like somehow crime is devouring some american city and if it's not that then there needs to be supervillains and extinction level events to justify their existence.
Personally I think it would make little sense to fight crime in a developed country when there's many countries in the third world that suffer real levels of violence but in the real world you can't punch your way to peace (you hear that Batman?). A super hero stopping a genocide or freeing people from camps is objectivelly good but I can't imagine the kind of shitstorm this would create if the aggressor has any power or influence (like China).
They would probably be quickly demanded to cease their actions or be branded as supervillains. And this is only considering these "virtuous" comic book heroes, if we talk real people getting powers then that's just an inminent disaster.
I'm not super versed on comic books so I imagine some authors have tried to deal with the issue (probably Watchmen but that was still very american centric) but in most comic book media they always act like they need to be vigilantes, like somehow crime is devouring some american city and if it's not that then there needs to be supervillains and extinction level events to justify their existence.
Personally I think it would make little sense to fight crime in a developed country when there's many countries in the third world that suffer real levels of violence but in the real world you can't punch your way to peace (you hear that Batman?). A super hero stopping a genocide or freeing people from camps is objectivelly good but I can't imagine the kind of shitstorm this would create if the aggressor has any power or influence (like China).
They would probably be quickly demanded to cease their actions or be branded as supervillains. And this is only considering these "virtuous" comic book heroes, if we talk real people getting powers then that's just an inminent disaster.
