! ! ! Batman V Superman - New trailer from Comic-Con

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JWeinCom said:

d21lewis said:

Not hated.  Feared.  There was one where he took on a villain called Black Rock by using his heart vision at full power and caused a lot of collateral damage.  People were like " It's like he doesn't even care about us! "

Before Infinite Crisis, he was mind controlled into beating the holy fuck out of Batman by Max Lord.

He turned his army of Superman robots loose on the earth and the JLA had to stop him.

In the JLA cartoon, LLuthor made him fight Captain Marvel ( Shazam) destroying a city and turning public opinion against him.

 

I could go on.  DC (and Marvel)/have been doing this "Fear our heroes" thing since forever.  Superman isn't immune.  There was also a cult that worshipped him and when he died, they worshipped his successors.

All canon (/except the cartoon reference).  That's why it always pisses me off when people say Superman is boring.  The comics are amazing!

There is a difference between the scenarios you're mentioning, which seem to indicate mind control or manipulation aside from the black rock one, and in the movie where people hate and mistrust superman based on his actual actions.

And putting aside isolated instances, which do you think more accurately describes superman under most circumstances?

a) He is seen as a guardian, symbol of hope, and beloved by the masses. 

or

b) He is mistrusted, feared, and most people want him gone.

I'll admit that I don't read many DC comics, so my view may be flawed, but my understanding is Superman is generally well respected and loved by the public.  And the view of him as a protector, and the pressure on him to be perfect because of those expectations seem a bigger part of his character than isolated instances of bad PR.

New 52 superman 

"The initial run of first issues show a universe in which superheroes have only appeared within the last five years and are viewed with suspicion and hostility,^[84] with Superman andBatman being pursued by the police five years ago at the start of their careers.^[84][85] In the present day, organizations such as the United Nations and the United States government seek to exploit and control the superheroes "

 Flash paradox he barely resembled himself too. Killed a bunch of people too.

 

Hes dc's golden boy though cant do no wrong. There is plenty of story arcs for just about anything out there. No reason to believe anyone cant act or do a certain thing.