The Animated Shows That Got Superhero Power Levels Correct
Comic books and especially movies based on comic books are easily the most popular form of storytelling right now, with the likes of Marvel and DC Comics absolutely dominating the box office on a regular basis. With their popularity, there have been almost countless different renditions of characters from Marvel and DC spanning different decades, themes, conflicts, etc. But with all these differences, they always come down to the good versus the bad, hero versus villain, with the good always winning-especially when it was shunned having the villain win. Even when the villain is stronger than the hero, the hero always finds a way to triumph.
Whether it's physical or mental, the hero always becomes the superior being. This creates a problem of power creep. The hero becomes stronger, thusly the next villain has to become even stronger, rinse and repeat. A perfect example of this is the hero of all heroes Superman and the one who was able tokill the Man of Steel canonically, Doomsday. Nobody ever thought that Superman could ever get beaten, one due to plot armor but also because Superman is known to be a wildly overpowered character to where it is almost impossible to feel any sense of tension when he is battling. The answer to that is Doomsday, a character that matches Superman in strength and is nearly unbeatable as he becomes invincible to whatever last beat him.
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This back and forth perfectly encapsulates the previously stated power creep within comics. Superman «loses»-even though comic book characters are almost never dead, Doomsday then gets defeated in the next fight, Doomsday returns now adapted to whatever happened last and repeat. It has created a
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