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Also, everyone is sick of "teams" who [[Let's You and Him Fight|fight each other more than they fight the enemy]]. Stop doing that.
Oh, and don't forget weaknesses. Only [[Superman|one superhero]] ever got away with being the best at everything, and even then he had [
When dealing with female super-characters specifically, many (particularly male) writers and artists also fall into the trap of granting super-women the [[Most Common Superpower]], to at times absurd degrees; try and watch out for this. Superhero stories by their nature generally provide highly-idealised versions of both the male and female physique, to be fair, but there's no shortage of overly-busty superwomen out there, and showing a few different physique types (both male and female) couldn't hurt. Similarly, plenty of superheroes have costumes that could be best described as [[Stripperiffic]] -- consider the practicality of the costume as well as the character's appearance in it. Furthermore, don't you dare make female super-characters [[Disposable Woman|disposable]] such as killing them off merely to motivate the male characters; such characters deserve better than to be [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]], and the fans won't stand for it.
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In the 1980s, the work of the great talents like [[Alan Moore]], [[Frank Miller]] and [[John Byrne]] show how you can modernize the classic characters to make them feel like truly complete characters who are true to their times. Those ways are respectively, subtle tweaking ([[Swamp Thing]]), emphasis of a different tone (Batman), and wholesale revision (Superman).
Also study the X-Men movies, especially
Speaking of new media, the [[DCAU]] as a whole is an excellent job of transporting comic book characters into [[Western Animation]] while ''[[Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' is the best example of how the Marvel characters get such treatment. ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men TAS]]'' is another good example of how to adapt Marvel Characters into [[Western Animation]], while [[X-Men: Evolution]] shows how to do a [[High School AU]] reinvention well. [[The Spectacular Spider-Man]] series was a popular take on the Spider-Man mythos. In addition, [[Disney]]'s ''[[Gargoyles]]'', created by [[Greg Weisman]], is a superb original creation that can show you how Shakespearean literature and medieval history can provide a wealth of material when use in conjunction with the conventions of the genre. Just remember to confine yourself to the first two seasons that were first-run syndication, avoid ''The Goliath Chronicles'' episodes and read Weisman's SLG comics that replaced them as canon.
For a great [[Deconstruction]] of the Superhero genre as a whole, there are none better than ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]],'' ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', and ''[[Kingdom Come]]''. However, remember that their dark tone is balanced with a degree of sober intelligence and a mature sense of redemption or tragedy at the end. Without that deeper feel, any superficial emulation will feel like a despicable despoilment of characters who deserve better.
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