If you define "mythology" that expansively *lots* of things can be mythology, not just superheroes -- the fact that superheroes consciously emulate certain stereotypes of heroic legends (slaying monsters etc) is not that important
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I mean, the genre superheroes seem most analagous to is chivalric romances, which wasn't really kids' stuff.
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Yes! Very similar to the Matter of Britain: blatantly commercial instalments, unstable canon, endlessly revised continuity that borrowed the best bits from each retelling, every time two good guys meet they don't recognize each other and have a pointless fight before teaming up.
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There were a bunch of film twitter people complaining about it, and on here it can be really easy to feel like you're on the outside.
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I think there are many interesting things to say about superhero comics. "Superhero stories are essentially a collective American mythology and the closest thing to a shared lore we have" is not really one of them.
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(Also about the movies)
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