We're talking about a totally outrageous new paradigm here.

It is a bit frustrating that Injustice and the DCAU, both of which will reach way more people than a comic-book, will look at those depictions of Clark and assume that's the way to go.
Fortunately, Clark's in a pretty good spot in comics right now, at least in my opinion. People certainly aren't incorrect that Supes is…

Chatting some of my grievances over Injustice 2's Story Mode with friends, most were of the opinion that this keeps things interesting, that through all of this Supes still believes himself to be the hero of this story, but personally I disagree.
I mean, after melting Shazam's fucking brain, you'd think someone as…

That's one of the bigger issues I had with the Story Mode to the new game. With the prequel comic, sure, you could argue in his eyes he's still doing the right thing. By the time the first game begins, Clark has become so aggressive and controlling he plans to destroy two cities for insubordination, and violently…

Hell yeah, whenever I encounter someone who says they don't "get" Supes, I am quick to recommend The Elite.

I'm not too crazy about the storyline where this lifts from, Superman: Grounded, but I can't deny how touching this scene plays out.

It is frustrating that, among the Trinity, people love to fetishize Batman while mocking Superman (And, most usually, flat-out disregarding Wonder Woman), even though each of them uphold a different set of morals that are worthwhile.

To be fair, WW was handled pretty well through the first year or so of Nu52 in Brian Azzarello's run on her solo series (That hard-headed depiction you are lamenting about was primarily featured in Justice League or any bigger team books). You could chide Greg Rucka on outright retconning all of Azzarello's…

Oh, all that with Diana is the main gripe I've had with Injustice. She's not only a complete sociopath, violently attempting murder upon Martian Manhunter, Huntress and Harley Quinn to name a few across the story, but it's a bit unnerving with the subtext that she's behind Supes and the Regime all because she's…

I actually once stumbled upon a fanfic "Vengeance: Men Among Gods," where Lex Luthor nukes Gotham and a crestfallen Batman cuts open his jugular with a fucking Batarang. The writer unfortunately dropped it, having never even reached the end of Year One, but it had some interesting ideas. For one, Gotham City has loads…

So he's proactive, huh?

Then you clearly don't spend too much time here in the AV Club's comment section.

There is this line from a YouTube video about Supes' legacy that I would like to paraphrase for what I think you are getting at, and it plays out like, "It's not that we can't believe that a man can fly, we can't even believe that a man can know that it's wrong to kill."

You could argue Supes and the JLA in that episode of JLTAS had more drive to take over the world, as Lex Luthor not only carried out the assassination of Flash, but Luthor had at that point become President. So the heroes might have been more reasoned to believe world governance was too corrupt and in need of their…

I think he's referring to how tantalizing the idea it is to corrupt an ideal character such as Supes.

I know, right? I know a ton of people who complain that writing Clark as a boyscout is "too easy," where I would counteract that making him a sociopath is the cheapest direction you could make with a character with absolute power. That's the whole point, it's a subversion; his powers absolve him of human faults, not…

The spin-off comic series, at least for me, unfortunately does not address a lot of these quandaries. In fact, you could even argue that Wonder Woman goads Clark into killing the Joker (You could even argue that Diana is dealt an even worse hand at poor characterization within the Injustice universe).

Lemme just say, if NetherRealm wanted to keep the window open for a third game, I'm going to wager that they will do so by following the continuity of the Good Ending.

Ohh, that would have solved sooo many problems, not to mention warrant an actual justification for Ares being involved in the Injustice universe. Instead, we got a version of Diana who tries to fucking disembowel Harley Quinn for calling her out on her bullshit. It's sort of what I was getting at in a separate post,…

Eh, I respectfully disagree. There were certainly moments I thoroughly enjoyed, as a whole the series felt woefully tone-deaf to me. I get that Taylor was essentially pigeonholed into making it to a pre-established conclusion, but I was dismayed to see that he didn't utilize the potential of the spin-off by delving…