Today, an essay...

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... on Superheroes Who Should Not Be Dark, up on my website today!

Comments

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I loved Simonson's run, but I didn't see it as very dark. Or rather, EVENTS could be very dark, but for the most part THOR was light, which fit with his comic book AND mythic character. Yes, the myth version sometimes tended more toward Boisterous Bruiser, but he always was generally a friend to mortals and on the side of good.

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Right! Some writers think that in order to convey the weight of an event, everything around it must be dark. Which is dead wrong.