tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992560227304007969.post5778830117772981848..comments2024-01-19T17:07:45.138-07:00Comments on Xenorama: superhero comics in The WatchmenX7http://www.blogger.com/profile/16050119714244967980noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992560227304007969.post-6729467765324986682012-11-20T19:02:37.550-08:002012-11-20T19:02:37.550-08:00But there actually was a Superman in WATCHMEN, tho...But there actually <i>was</i> a Superman in WATCHMEN, though you had to read very carefully to find him. He didn't make it big and faded out, though whether this was directly attributed to the real superheroes of their world is something I don't remember anymore. But if the conceit is that Superman failed, there wouldn't be a "superhero comic" the way we think of them.<br /><br />War and western comics were big once, but by the time WATCHMEN came along, they were both pretty much dead as genres.C. Elamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284263547435956344noreply@blogger.com