#tim oneil

Marvel heroes were—and remain—essentially adolescent figures, alternating between extreme bouts of self-pity and self-righteousness, willing to take principled stands against dearest friends at a moment’s notice. Iron Man and Captain America have spent decades at each others’ throats over matters both moral and personal. Batman and Superman, though, didn’t used to do that. They weren’t metaphors for adolescence, they were avatars of adulthood, different models of your dad. Dads don’t fight.