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I’m A Virgo shatters superhero stories by showing where real power comes from
Nearly 40 years ago, Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns turned superhero comics upside down. Fascist “heroes” upholding unjust systems for wealth and fame, “villains” driven to crime by desperation and injustice — in a genre that was once defined by straightforward battles between good and evil, all bets were now off. Ever since, storytellers have continued to play with the power dynamics and political implications of superheroes: Moral ambiguity is essential to series like Amazon Prime’sThe Boys, for example.