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Re:"Watchmen" As a Primer on Mental Disorder by baddox on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @06:16PM (#4513551)
Superman is almost entirely about the character's psychology. The whole idea, at least of modern-ish incarnations, is that Superman is unmatched physically (granted, apart from the Kryptonite thing) but is often emotionally devastated (from not being able to save anybody, or for being unable to reason with bad guys, or from keeping secrets from his loved ones, or pondering what it means to be humans, etc.).
Re:"Watchmen" As a Primer on Mental Disorder by scott_s on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @11:25PM (#4514647)
Yes, thank you. His modern interpretation is, I think, fascinating. While I think Kingdom Come is the best treatment of this theme, I actually think Frank Miller got it perfectly in Dark Knight Returns:

"Twenty million die by fire... if I am weak..."