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R_Jackal posted...

It's the problem with Superman, any time he loses it's basically a "But how?" moment. When characters like Batman lose, it's a reminder that behind everything they do they're still just a random guy at the end of the day(albeit an incredibly rich borderline superhuman one).

Superman's problem is that it's really hard to fix decades of him being essentially the undefeatable invincible bastion of what a super hero "should be," while the opinion on that has changed pretty hard over the years. He works better as a conflicted villain or side character these days.

Hes much more interesting conceptually as a country boy from Kansas who just wants to fit in and have a normal life as Clark Kent, but who is trapped in a life of violence and alienation due to being an invincible God-being.

The problem of course being that introspection doesnt sell super-hero media.