Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 28, 1992
November 27, 1992
November 29, 1992
Transcript:
Calvin: I've noticed that comic book superheroes usually fight evil maniacs with grandiose plans to destroy the world. Why don't superheroes go after more subtle, realistic bad guys? Hobbes: Yeah, the superhero could attend council meetings and write letters to the editor, and stuff. Calvin: Hmm...I think I see the problem. Hobbes: "Quick! To the bat-fax!"
Actually they do often if you read comics you see superheroes fight ordinary real villains, white supremacists, corrupt leaders and businessmen, terrorists, global warming and other types of pollution, hackers, war etc. A lot of the villains or actually symbolic of something very real and very serious.