Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for July 05, 2021
July 04, 2021
July 06, 2021
Transcript:
Bixby: Listen, Jenn Erica, you gotta knock off this whole stopping all crime thing. Jenn Erica: Why? It's easy! I don't know why all superheroes don't do it! Bixby: Because you'll ruin everything! Do you want to take away people's hope? Do you want to stop them from looking to the skies for inspiration? Jenn Erica: If it means no one ever gets mugged again? Sure. Bixby: Okay, but where's the poetry??
This is one of the problems with “realistic” superhero stories; effective heroes would eventually eliminate nearly all crime from normal humans like thieves (aka, Why Superman tends to stay out of Gotham). This is solved by a steady rotation of villains, a rogue’s gallery if you will.