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Subject: Re: Miracleman
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>Someone tell me:
>      Why is it that the numerous film genres have survived, while
>in comics, only the superhero seems to be alive and well?
>                                     --Kathy Li

I think the answer is probably that most other things (detective,
horror, space opera, etc.) are done equally well or better in other
media (movies, books).  Only the superhero is exclusively a comic
book genre.  There is also a kind of Catch-22 here--people don't
read comics because "it's all about that superhero nonsense" while
superheroes don't make it in other media because "That's just comic
book stuff".

Consumable substances for cerebral activity...

				Scott J. Berry