Campus Times The Campus Times staff has worked hard on a responsive web redesign. Please bear with us as some older content may be temporarilily unavailable. To submit feedback, or to report an issue, email the Web Staff at online@campustimes.org.× Courtesy Will Leve By Will Leve Culture Editor April 18, 2021 When I was in my early teens, I got into superhero comics. I never kept up with any of the modern serials — far too much self-indulgent power fantasy and soap opera bullshit for me. Instead, I read classic limited edition series. I’ll never forget reading “The Dark Knight Returns” and “Watchmen,” where tight, self-contained stories took center stage. They were smartly written, politically subversive, and led me to question the mythological underpinnings behind each hero. “The Dark Knight Returns” featured an aged, violent, and slightly mad Batman who pushed the ethical boundaries of what a superhero could do and still keep his title. “Watchmen” detailed the multitude of dark implications of how superheroes would act if they existed in a more realistic world.