No, save the bastard because you’re a hero, and THEN wrestle with the moral dilemma whether you should have done so, perhaps against his will, and perhaps against the good of society.
On the other hand, you do want to be reading the equivalent of the highlights reel where you see the dramatic and challenging bits, rather than a thousand issues of Captain Wonderman resolving everyday problems in under 3 seconds.
It’s all about narrative pacing and scaling. You need easy wins like this to establish how awesome the hero is so that when they eventually come up against a challenge that they do struggle with, the audience appreciates how tough said challenge really is and why only the hero can do it.
Plus the occasional reminder that the hero actually helps everyday citizens, rather than only having giant, city destroying throwdowns with supervillains every week.
It’s a valid point. Power Bloat has always been a problem for super-heroes. DC and Marvel have actually had to destroy their multiverses more than once to justify stepping back from the abyss. (The worst offender is of course the anime series TTGL, which literally went from cavemen to universe-destruction.)
As superheroes become more powerful, seeing them interact meaningfully with the common population becomes proportionately more rare.
Truth be told, Batman saving a person from a burning bulding is more exciting than Superman doing the same. For precisely that reason.
There’s only one solution. Let him burn, then struggle with the moral dilemma of whether you should feel guilty. It’s what he wanted after all.
I also vote for leavng him to burn, baby, burn. Who else says yay?
“I won’t kill you, but I don’t have to save you.”
The other solution is to wait for a supervillain to come along and needlessly complicate an otherwise simple rescue.
“I cannot save you just yet, for surely my nemesis, Dr. Riktor von Octosquid lurks nearby, waiting for that very moment to strike.”
No, save the bastard because you’re a hero, and THEN wrestle with the moral dilemma whether you should have done so, perhaps against his will, and perhaps against the good of society.
Why does anyone have to save him? He’s standing outside the burning building.
I think that’s a balcony (with an oddly shaped window?)
Kid must have just taken a writer’s workshop.
Let him burn, and call it the kids “Origin story”
The origin of I Died Man.
Somebody’s a bit too jaded…
I have argued with folk who want their comics full of unnecessary drama like this,… proudly claiming a hero because he MUST struggle.
Irritating.
On the other hand, you do want to be reading the equivalent of the highlights reel where you see the dramatic and challenging bits, rather than a thousand issues of Captain Wonderman resolving everyday problems in under 3 seconds.
It’s all about narrative pacing and scaling. You need easy wins like this to establish how awesome the hero is so that when they eventually come up against a challenge that they do struggle with, the audience appreciates how tough said challenge really is and why only the hero can do it.
Plus the occasional reminder that the hero actually helps everyday citizens, rather than only having giant, city destroying throwdowns with supervillains every week.
Yes, though there’s a gap between easy win and “aerial taxi service”.
This one might not even be a struggle for Flying Fox Man if he owns a superhero grapple gun.
Knowing FFM, he designed the superhero grapple gun.
*literally
It’s a valid point. Power Bloat has always been a problem for super-heroes. DC and Marvel have actually had to destroy their multiverses more than once to justify stepping back from the abyss. (The worst offender is of course the anime series TTGL, which literally went from cavemen to universe-destruction.)
As superheroes become more powerful, seeing them interact meaningfully with the common population becomes proportionately more rare.
Truth be told, Batman saving a person from a burning bulding is more exciting than Superman doing the same. For precisely that reason.
If it’s not Storm, I’d rather die. I don’t care about the struggle, I want my rescue to be a cosmological experience with an erotic fantasy touch.
Hey, he could just toss that smart aleck down the balcony and wait, till it’s a 50/50 chance befor trying to save his ass. Win win for all.
If Superman would do that, I’d rather read his comic…