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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5675976" data-attributes="member: 177">But Superman isn't *supposed* to be dangerous to the general populace.  He's supposed to be a Boy Scout, in large part as a counter-example to Batman.My understanding is that the new DC comics are set in a world where everyone distrusts and is scared of super-powered people, whether they call themselves heroes or villains.  I guess this extends to the supers themselves.  People, including Bats, fear what they don't understand, I guess.With all due respect, you vastly overestimate the safety of "tamed" animals.   Any animal that large is dangerous - it is merely a difference of what situations reveal the danger. *That has always been the case with Superman.  They may not have always written it particularly well, but it has been the case, regardless.  *And arguing with me on that is going to be like arguing with a brick wall - a "tamed and fat St. Bernard" attacked my wife.  It outweighed her, and nearly killed her.  So, yes, supposedly tame animals can be dangerous.  </blockquote>