Help me understand the Super Hero genre

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Originally Posted by Boss Radio

Good vs Evil. Mythology. The same Joseph Campbellian myth-driven story of gods punching each other to high heaven.

I personally am tired of the spectacle, unless it is a story that has not been told before. That being said, I am very excited to see Frank Miller's take on The Spirit, who is a 1940s noir Lone Ranger masked detective with girl trouble.

The Lone Ranger is still the best, because he was constantly explaining his view of frontier justice to Tonto, a scenario that would later play out with Batman and Robin.

But I digress.

I like your take and I think maybe you identified the thing that irks me most - the Good and Evil morality tale that plays out. I tend to respond more to characters with more moral ambiguity - perhaps I'd like the flawed hero's more, but I think the genre paints them into that good and evil paradigm.