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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 4881551" data-attributes="member: 54707">I think from a technical, storyline point of view you may very well be right Doug. For purposes of drama it may well be better to keep some part of the world recognizable versus the way things would really be if such beings and such technology proliferated in the world.I hadn't really thought if it that way in relationship to storyline, because I always thought it silly compared to the way it would really work, but it's a good point. Because otherwise all you might have would be a readership of techno-comic wonks, whereas the ordinary comic fan base is already small enough as it is.And yeah, I think non-mainstream comics often do a far better job of trying to predict how things would really operate in this regard.A sort of Supertaliman?It's an interesting question to ponder because you always have to consider, with anyone of a basically heroic nature, much less a superheroic nature, how much of what they are is intrinsic and natural to their own character, and how much is trainable by upbringing and external influence?And that could apply equally to cultural, racial, religious, national, ethnic, and other influences. When it comes to superhero characters this is always an important question as far as I'm concerned because the interplay of these various environmental and individual forces, it seems to me would both set the limits and boundaries of their moral behavior, and would provide the impetus to help determine in what ways and how fully they are willing to make full use of or exploit their powers and capabilities.The same is true of ordinary people of course, but the choices superheroes make in regards to the cultural, national, religious, moral influences they adopt and pursue might radically affect a large number of other people in any given circumstance wherever they operated. It might also radically affect what they consider their "jurisdiction of operation." After all most superheroes create for themselves or decide for themselves what their own field of operation or areas of interest will be. Instead of imagining superheroes who basically protect cities or limited geographic areas, imagine instead superheroes who only work cases involving religion, or a specific group of people, or only work terrorism related crimes, or only work violent crimes (I for instance, not calling myself superheroic or heroic by any means or stretch of the imagination will only investigate violent crimes, because I have no time for, or interest in, other types of cases). And of course Idea-related superheroes do occur, the X-Men for isnatcne, but the ordinary association is with the geographic jurisdiction type superhero, such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and Daredevil.I think this is probably because most classic comic characters arose from the era in which people still mainly associated themselves with their city or hometown, not so much with broader "movements, ideals, and interests."</blockquote>

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