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Mar 12, 2010, 09:24AM

The fake tragedy of Superhero stories

And why it's RUINING EVERYTHING!

In our post-Watchmen era, superhero writers often turn to dark'n'gritty plots to give their comics greater narrative heft. Unfortunately, these "adult" story lines are to tragedy what porn is to sex: a hyper-stylized, wholly disposable facsimile of the real thing.

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