Charlie stated "almost every superhero movie follows a drab formula, walking us through the good guy's origin story"and every film on your list falls into that category. This list is about interesting ideas and concepts that other filmakers should take note of. It's not a "best superhero movies" list.

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THat would be an interesting read.

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If you have not read them, you would likely enjoy the 'Gotham Central' graphic novels. They feature Gotham City cops--ordinary people--dealing with the utterly bizarre world of the superhero. Despite the superhero context, the plots, characters, and art are all naturalistic. It seems like this could be our world if our cops had to periodically tangle with superpowers.

'Powers' covers some of the same ground (it might have been first, I can't recall exactly), but I didn't like the art style has much. But still good and worth a read if you like the concept!

@Magicant:

I've thought that 'Kingdom Come' would be a tremendously interesting film, mostly because the book features Superman facing a problem he cannot solve with his fists. From what few Superman stories I've seen and read, I've thought that he was at his most compelling when he had to make hard moral choices and have wondered if that would make a compelling movie.

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