I don’t hate it, but what happened to superhero stories that don’t come off as cosplayers in a slice-of-life comedy?

Batman Family Adventures is actually quite good for what it is. The art is good, the stories are fine, and the jokes work. I just wish they actually showed us the superheroes doing superhero stuff. So many “young adult” works out of DC, and that’s what the Webtoon series comes off as for me, seem to treat the superhero aspect as an afterthought and it gives me Todd “my tastes are better so I’m going to turn your stuff into my stuff” Philips vibes from it all. That said, Batman Family Adventures is still better than most of the YA junk DC has put out because they at least acknowledge the superheroes and I don’t want to slap the protagonists. Faint praise, but that’s all I can offer.

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