Batman and Superman fight crime, but the Man of Steel has just confirmed the key way in which his mission differs from that of the Dark Knight.
Warning: Contains spoilers for Superman # 30!
Like the best known heroes on the planet, Superman Y bat Man They have a lot in common. But Superman has just revealed the core philosophy that motivates his heroism, and it turns out that his crime-fighting stems from the exact opposite impulse from his bat-themed colleague.
While they present their heroism very differently, these two heroes are actually quite similar in their ongoing quests to correct mistakes, protect the powerless, and bring evil to justice. But similar as they may be in their practical mission, the writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson seems to have finally isolated exactly what separates them in his latest issue. Superman # 30, and it’s an appropriate contrast that gets to the heart of what makes the Man of Steel so special.
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In a small but poignant moment on the pages of Superman # 30 (written by Johnson with art by Scott Godlewski), Clark Kent is able to pinpoint exactly why his never-ending battle against evil continues. While playing miniature golf with his wife, Lois Lane, and son Jonathan Kent, aka Superboy, Clark has a rare moment of peace, where nothing at all is going wrong in his life and he can simply have fun with his family. “Today is perfect”He thinks to himself. “Why aren’t there more days like this? Isn’t this what all fights are for? How many battles will it take before everyone has a day like this?This short monologue not only solidifies his own crystal clear motivations, but provides a perfect juxtaposition to his philosophical counterpart, Batman: Superman fights so that everyone can experience the joy he finds in life, while Batman fights so that no one. the more he has to live his misery.
Batman pulled on his hood after seeing his parents gunned down in front of him at a young age, vowing never again to allow the kind of suffering he faced to impact another innocent. Consequently, Bruce’s mission is obsessive, and it takes precedence over everything else in his life. Johnson and Godlewski describe Clark as the perfect contrast in making his true inspiration the hope that all people can feel safe, happy and content, even for just one day, by virtue of his eradication of the ills that afflict them. .
Since its inception in the late 1930s, the Dark Knight and the Man of tomorrow They have been two of the most enduring icons of selfless heroism within the comic book world, spinning hundreds of stories demonstrating their approach to fighting oppression, crime, and supernatural evil as models of heroism. Given his long history, the lines that differentiate his characters have often been blurred, but there has always been a deeper philosophical precept that, at the center of his characters, keeps them completely separate. That difference is encoded in this simple but important moment.
Sadly, it seems that Superman’s happy life could be about to be ripped from him, as he recounts at the beginning of the issue that this will be one of the last adventures he will have before leaving Earth, perhaps forever. Tragically, the downside of being driven by a much more affirmative philosophy than bat Man is that although the Knight of the Night has already lived the worst day of his life, SupermanYou are likely looking forward to your future.
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