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    Quote Originally Posted by Gaius View Post
    Can't speak for others but my dislike of Jason is rooted in him being shoehorned into WW's origin, reinforcing the Zeus-daddy status, and Diana taking a backseat to him and his largely uninteresting stories in her only title. Him being stronger or more powerful than her was just of symptom of that.
    Yeah, being upset that a male character is presented as being more powerful than Wonder Woman in her own book really needs no justification.


    Quote Originally Posted by cgh View Post
    Back on topic: overpowered heroes are boring because it's difficult to build stories with uncertainty and tension around them. WW has essentially no weaknesses and is dull as a result. It's not unique to DC. Marvel has this problem with the Silver Surfer, for example. Personally, I'd enjoy a line-wide depowering of ultra-powerful heroes to their Golden Age standards.
    Golden Age standards would not solve this perceived problem. Aside from not being able to fly yet, Wonder Woman was more or less as strong back then as she is now. Ditto Captain Marvel and Superman, the latter having leveled up fairly quickly.

    The main influence of the Golden and Silver age that would should probably take is less concern over OTT power levels. Scaling down characters like Superman and Wonder Woman just to make story telling "easier" (lazy) is more for the writers benefit than the character's. New 52 Action is really the only time it's been done well for Superman, and a point was made not to have it last long. The best writers can challenge Superman without powering him down (Moore, Morrison, Maggin), no reason the same can't hold true for Wonder Woman.
    Last edited by SiegePerilous02; 07-16-2020 at 04:30 PM.

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