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    Default Superhero comics you read where their powers aren't the main selling point

    Generally, I tend to read superhero comics where the leads are either non-powered or generally low-powered, like Batman, Captain America, etc. When I do read superhero comics where the leads posses significant powers, those powers are usually at the bottom of the reason I pick up the book. For example, I read various Superman books because it's more what a vastly powered person chooses to do with those powers rather than the powers themselves. Another example is She-Hulk. The character's just so damn charming that if she doesn't throw a single punch or lift a single tank for arcs it wouldn't take away from my enjoyment of her stories in the least.

    Anyone else pick up any books where the powers aren't even a high selling point for you?
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    Banner's Hulk from Peter David - I'll always read it for the combination of humor & pathos

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonogram12 View Post
    Generally, I tend to read superhero comics where the leads are either non-powered or generally low-powered, like Batman, Captain America, etc. When I do read superhero comics where the leads posses significant powers, those powers are usually at the bottom of the reason I pick up the book. For example, I read various Superman books because it's more what a vastly powered person chooses to do with those powers rather than the powers themselves. Another example is She-Hulk. The character's just so damn charming that if she doesn't throw a single punch or lift a single tank for arcs it wouldn't take away from my enjoyment of her stories in the least.

    Anyone else pick up any books where the powers aren't even a high selling point for you?
    Daredevil.
    Black Adam.
    Red Goblin.

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    I never pick up books because of powers, but for the prospect of a good story told nicely…
    “Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe

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    Quote Originally Posted by K7P5V View Post
    Banner's Hulk from Peter David - I'll always read it for the combination of humor & pathos

    This is a great example.
    Keep in mind that you have about as much chance of changing my mind as I do of changing yours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zelena View Post
    I never pick up books because of powers, but for the prospect of a good story told nicely…
    Same here. The posers themselves are rarely the main draw.

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