Comic books have come a long way from the days when Superman first crash-landed on Earth. But today’s generation of comic artists seem almost unnaturally obsessed with brutal imagery and dark themes. Gone are the innocence and humor of the original comic book heroes, replaced by ultra-violence and misery, and the new culture of “violence without consequence” has reached new levels in recent films inspired by comic book art. “Increasingly pop culture defines heroism in terms of violence and domination. Where does that leave us? Is the audience so sophisticated that good and evil no longer hold meaning?”