Superheros? (need your help)

[tanashassiotis]

hey, guys!

im curently working on a superhero comic named: TURTLEBOY.

and im actually trying to make a awsome story that is lightharted, hero is fighting the bad guys, is more optimistic and helpfull to anyone!

but since im still not sure what will hapen in upcoming seaquels (i have only ideas who will apear and some spin-offs from the series focusing on other characters, but its just ideas so far)

and here is my main question:
WHAT DO YOU EXCEPT FROM SUPERHERO COMICS!
or better
WHat do you miss or is missing in the recent superhero comics ?
and
What annoys you in curent superheros in overall media (comics, movies, cartoons and etc.) ?

this will be rreally helpfull and could help me what i could do better in my upcoming project

ill be happy for any replys or awnsers, and it will make the progress of my project lil bit easier.

have a good day
TAZ

TAZ

[LeoDormouse]

First of all, I am not a big consumer of super-heroes-related entertainment.
However, here are what usually annoys me when in a story one character is a representant of justice and very powerful :
- Power-ups that make no sense
- Getting all the girls/guys
- Getting into terrible situations because they were too nice
- Being the most handsome
- Having no plan and getting away with it all the time

I could probably go on, I hope it is helpful to you !
On another subject, please check your spelling before uploading. English is not the mother language of most people here I believe, we are all making efforts to use the language as best as can be.

[thekinginthesun]

I would also like a reason behind the main superhero's actions. I mean, why choose to fight bad people instead of watching disney channel?

[theladiesi]

I love superheroes! My sis and I are working on a superhero story too.

With superhero comics, I expect action, good guys vs bad guys, some kind of stakes (but they don't all have to be world ending.) I think superheroes should overall be fun. Things can get serious from time to time but they should still be enjoyable.

To me, I don't expect superheroes to be perfect. I like superheroes who feel like real people. People who have hopes, dreams and goals and work hard to meet those goals. Sometimes they struggle and sometimes they make mistakes but they keep moving forward despite tough times. I think a lot of current superhero comics go to either extreme, where the hero is either perfect or too flawed. Like sometimes they are afraid to show a hero making mistakes or struggling because the writer thinks it will make the character look bad. Or a writer will make the hero so flawed that it becomes hard to root for them because the writer is afraid the hero will be too perfect otherwise.

Something that has been annoying me recently with mainstream comics is a lot of issues feel like filler. It's like they don't have enough material for all the issues they need to do so they add a bunch of scenes where nothing is really happening. Like characters will have a conversation but nothing is really revealed or they spend the whole issue going about their day until the end of the issue where something finally happens and then they drop a "to be continued." I don't want to spend money on filler that isn't entertaining. I know it can't always be "end of the world" drama but give me something fun or cool or interesting or just something!

Good luck with your project.

[tanashassiotis]

First- My apology for the grammar, I normaly can speak well in English but grammar is my enemy (but when it comes to the comic text I always go for help to make the comic have a good grammar)

second: it definitley helps ! And don't worry, none of these will be in the comic that I'm working on! (Jesse is rather cute then HANDSOME, well he is still a kid).
And i wouldn't worry about ladies at his age, and yes: There will be consequences in some of his actions!

But overall thanks

[tanashassiotis]

Because there is nothing decent on that channel? (except few cartoons)
And because it's his boyish dream of sort like any kid had.

[tanashassiotis]

Thanks for coment- I really apreciate it !

No worries there, Turtleboy/Jesse is still a kid so he will propably get in trouble and make mistakes. Overall even though I'm making a superhero story that should feel like the older good times of HEROS, there is definitley big focus on characters and they're development-especialy the consequences!

BUT still thanks, every coment is helpfull and makes me feel more creative and helps me to focus on the thing i want to do and geting most important situations!

[Migue]

I think that the worst way to write a superhero story is to think of it as a genre and stick to a classic formula insted of adding something new to the mix, let me explain.

Superhero stories can lend themselves to be little bit formulaic, you know, guy gets powers, learn to use them, villain appears, they fight and the hero is defeated, the hero doubts himself, they fight again and finally defeats the villain in turn.

Of course you can keep to that formula and if you write a good conflict and good characters it would be able to fly with no problem. But I think that the best way to aproach this kind of stories is to look for fragments of others genres that could give a mor unique feel to your story.

I think the best superhero stories are done when they mix it up with others genres and don't try to be a classical superhero story. For example, Thor is a superhero who lives in a fantasy world with a lot of political drama or Spider-man have a lot of romance and family drama. The X-men during the classic Claremont era had a lot of nudges to other genres like sci-fi, fantasy or political thriller.

I think that the best way is to stop trying to do superheros and just go for a story that happens to have superheros.

[SleepingPoppy]

I really like it when the hero doesn't keep everything a secret from the people close to them. Especially when they keep the secret to make those around them "safe" but its really obvious that they are being put in MORE danger by not knowing.

It's not bad to have stories where the secret is kept, but I definitely get a happy thrill when the hero just trusts the people in their life. Bonus points for heroes trusting their love interest and love interest gets to be competent and proactively helpful instead of constantly the victim/in danger. ;D

And it might not be relevant to your story, but I love it when the focus or some focus of a super hero story is on things other than said heroes. For example, I love the legal drama thats mixed into Jessica Jones and Dare Devil on netflix. I would actually love a story that focuses on lawyers in the super hero world- it just has to be written really well. And one of my fav super hero stories was actually about a normal guy selling insurance (because superheroes be reckless as heck, and normal people need insurance!), said story winds up into being very involved with the heroes, but it was all very unique!

And I totally agree with @Migue, thinking of other genres is a great way to make your superhero story pop better. An extra example is the second Captain America is basically a spy movie but with heroes.

[dsandoval3]

Superhero = action. I know when i see the word superhero i expect people with powers beating each other up. Only thing that bothers me is that when they hit each other they arent hurt in the slighest! like what??? You just kneed that nigga in the face and he gets back up like he has a sore throat!! I wanna see blood and guts, the world isnt made of pudding! It should feel like every punch could end the characters life. So just make cool fight scenes other than that good luck!

[jessiepolfliet]

There are certain things people always like in superhero stories. That is the actionsuperpowers and how those relate to their daily life. And with that setting is important.

For my comics I have very similar setting that being a teenager and suddenly acquiring powers and now they have to find a way to balance both worlds.

And every superhero comic does this differently. It is up to you how to use it.
(you subscribed to one of my comics last week right? Thank you for that, I haven't gotten around making thank you messages yet)

[tanashassiotis]

ahey we should at some point nmake a crossover