https://chrizzle23.net/tags/heroes/Recent content in Heroes on Chrizzle23.netHugoenChrizzle23.net and all blog posts © 2026 by Chris Anderson is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://chrizzle23.net/posts/221016-madmax/Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://chrizzle23.net/posts/221016-madmax/<p>This is a post from my Wordpress days.</p> <h1 id="mad-max-is-the-ultimate-dark-hero">Mad Max is the ultimate dark hero</h1> <p>I love stories about dark heroes: characters that do good, but whose methods are harsh and violent. Basically the antithesis of Captain America. The bright hero story is usually a good guy that always does the right thing, even when it compromises something.</p> <p>Probably the most mainstream dark hero is Batman. I was a huge fan when I was a kid. Especially the Frank Miller era, like <em>Year One</em> and <em>Death in the Family</em>, where Batman is basically a criminal that follows a code to just target other criminals. The trouble with Batman is that his stories, however dark, are confined by the cultural norms of comic books, where good triumphs over evil. I have mostly enjoyed Batman on film, but even there, the legacy of the comic books hinders the portrayal on film.</p>