Is The 'Superhero Who Kills' Debate Overdone?

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Superheroes come with a wide variety of gimmicks and with every different hero comes a different way they get their job done. One particular binary has been a fundamental question for a huge percentage of media in the genre for decades, and it's time to wonder whether it's outlived its usefulness.

Though he wasn't the first costumed superhero, Superman is the one who popularized the genre and remains the standard by which most are judged. Though most are aware that The Man of Steel holds a moral code against killing his enemies, that wasn't always the case. The origin of that decision came from the 1940s Comics Code Authorities' strictly enforced restraint on violence. Before that moment, Superman regularly killed criminals and foreign militants without issue, and no one seemed to think any less of him for it.

Peacemaker: Vigilante Might Be The Real Villain By The End

James Gunn's Peacemaker is a success beyond any conventional wisdom. The irreverent adventures of an unknown anti-hero have swiftly become the most popular superhero series in recent memory. Peacemaker, AKA Christopher Smith, is a character built almost entirely around the joke in his name. He's somewhere between a soldier and a serial killer, but the countless people he murders, many of which turn out to be unrelated, are in the name of the piece. His morality is often in question, but his personal line only seems to concern the reason why he kills. It would be difficult to work in a discussion of whether a hero should take the lives of their enemies, but, surprisingly, Gunn manages it in the silliest way possible.

During a shouting match with his dad's neighbor, Smith takes a moment to shout about Batman's methods. The content of the rant boils down to the