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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Apr 2018
      Replying to @mattyglesias

      I think this analysis is true of works like Frank Miller's Dark Knight but not of Jack Kirby's oeuvre. Kirby was interested in clash of groups not salvation by elite: X-Men being perhaps clearest example.

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        2. Juan Salvo‏ @j_salvo 27 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          The X-Men aren't an elite force?

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        3. Matthew Smith‏ @cfn_ms 27 Apr 2018
          Replying to @j_salvo @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          not societal elites. Feared and hated by the public at large...

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        1. Petesneat‏ @petenator39 27 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          This discussion is why finding my dormant Twitter was a worthwhile discovery. Given my Twitter audience consists of my cat and a disappointing number of bots.

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        2. Ben Wheeler‏ @benjiwheeler 27 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          There's ample room on the left for Great People of History--the lens is just that they are manifestations of the people's needs, made great by popular action. E.g., Harriet Tubman, Sandino, Malcolm X. Spider-Man embodies this: cops shoot at him, but the people support him.

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        3. Ben Wheeler‏ @benjiwheeler 27 Apr 2018
          Replying to @benjiwheeler @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          And, Dark Knight Returns is specifically, pointedly conservative. Batman's biggest enemy is the wishful thinking of willfully ignorant, self-congratulatory eggheads; in Miller's hands, he's Super Buckley.

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        2. T. Adam Collins‏ @tadamcollins 27 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          Punisher is not a fan of superhero elites, either Batman could be a parody of the elite — he says he’s a loner and eschews groups yet has a huge Batfamily, pals around with Superman

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        3. Nazi Punching Robot‏ @bestopheles 28 Apr 2018
          Replying to @tadamcollins @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          And it’s generally true that in the DC Universe, Batman cares about corruption, hates bullies, and (unlike many of his super powered foes) had to work for his abilities.

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        2. WilliamOwen, True Believer‏ @William_A_Owen 27 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          Two Jewish kids creating an ubermensch in ‘39 that would quickly go on to fight the nazis does not feel right-wing.

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        3. WilliamOwen, True Believer‏ @William_A_Owen 27 Apr 2018
          Replying to @William_A_Owen @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          I’d say the primary conceit of the genre is those with power and means need to support those who do not.

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        1. Joe Ro‏ @joero3 28 Apr 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mattyglesias

          I don't see how superheroes can be anything but about elites. You can't by definition have mass superheroes.

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