Heroes with rogue’s galleries are better franchise material then heroes without.

[mathew101281]

It’s why the modern trend of creating heroes without personal rogue’s baffle me. Miss Marvel is a cool character, but I fear for her long term sustainability because I feel the higher ups at marvel think she can just skate along poaching villains from other franchises.

[Mister Mets]

It does take a while to build a rogues gallery, especially nowadays when comics tend to have longer stories.

It took Spider-Man two years to get to the Sinister Six, and that was at a time most stories were an issue long.

There is a complicating factor that characters tend to have weaker enemies in their earliest stories when they're just getting used to their powers.

[TheRay]

There is a complicating factor that characters tend to have weaker enemies in their earliest stories when they're just getting used to their powers.

Yeah like Superman doesn't really take on Corrupt Politician #1 as often as he did when he first started, and that's probably just a shame.

[CosmiComic]

Yeah like Superman doesn't really take on Corrupt Politician #1 as often as he did when he first started, and that's probably just a shame.

Maybe writers could try to make the plots to where heroes can't just blast away their problems. Like, for instance, Superman can't just beat up a corrupt politician without reasonable cause or backlash, nor would he want. His powers help him but don't instantly solve the matter of others being involved, which he'd care about

[LordMikel]

Maybe writers could try to make the plots to where heroes can't just blast away their problems. Like, for instance, Superman can't just beat up a corrupt politician without reasonable cause or backlash, nor would he want. His powers help him but don't instantly solve the matter of others being involved, which he'd care about

Priest tried that in Justice League. It was really bad.

[CosmiComic]

Priest tried that in Justice League. It was really bad.

Oh, well, someone else can always try again. it's not like comics don't repeat stuff.

I haven't read Priest's JL that much. What happened in it?

[TheRay]

Maybe writers could try to make the plots to where heroes can't just blast away their problems. Like, for instance, Superman can't just beat up a corrupt politician without reasonable cause or backlash, nor would he want. His powers help him but don't instantly solve the matter of others being involved, which he'd care about

Isn't that just basically any of the "Trial of..." stories?

[williamtheday]

Yeah like Superman doesn't really take on Corrupt Politician #1 as often as he did when he first started, and that's probably just a shame.

Taking on corrupt pols is more Clark Kent's job as a journalist.

[CosmiComic]

Taking on corrupt pols is more Clark Kent's job as a journalist.

I always thought journalism is a job one could incorporate into being a superhero

[TheRay]

Taking on corrupt pols is more Clark Kent's job as a journalist.

Perhaps, but more often Clark Kent will write stories about the adventures of Superman.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Honestly, it seems like most writers need to go back to school and learn about how to make some damn foils.

Most villains these days feel like junk thrown against a wall. It it sticks, it sticks!

Geoff Johns uses way too much ultra violence, but his JSA and Flash were excellent for having villains that actually served as foils to flesh out the heroes, to add something to the story.

[DrNewGod]

It’s why the modern trend of creating heroes without personal rogue’s baffle me. Miss Marvel is a cool character, but I fear for her long term sustainability because I feel the higher ups at marvel think she can just skate along poaching villains from other franchises.

Arrow seemed to make a specialty of this.

[achilles]

Arrow seemed to make a specialty of this.

Supergirl was even worse. There's hardly a major Superman villain that show hasn't poached, along with more than a few others.

[CosmiComic]

Supergirl was even worse. There's hardly a major Superman villain that show hasn't poached, along with more than a few others.

Does she have that many villains of her own though? I can't recall her having any foes as prominent as Superman does

[TheRay]

Arrow seemed to make a specialty of this.

Which rogues did they use from other heroes?