The Big Three

In History DC Comics has been the place of gods and champions. Their heroes are mighty and powerful, but beyond our reach. They are what we wish we could be, but could never possibly achieve. They are iconic, majestic and completely unreachable.

This has been a problem DC has faced for many years. Superman and Wonder Woman are nearly perfect, and Batman is a rich kid with lots of money and toys. Most readers could not relate with them on those levels, and thus readership greatly declined through the years.

It would seem that DC is attempting to correct this problem these days, as they have attempted before to some degree of success. Back in the mid 1980s, with the first major event, Crisis on Infinite Earths, the vulnerability of these and other key characters was revealed as they dealt with their entire universe being turned upside down, losing loved ones, and coming to terms with their own weaknesses. In light of the recent crises, these themes have been revisited, but with a modern twist.

For an entire year, the "big three" in the History DC Comics – Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman – disappeared while they dealt with their own drama. Superman had lost his powers, Wonder Woman had killed a man, and Batman went soul searching. When these heroes finally reemerged things in the world were very different than they had been before. But still, they overcame those differences, and their problems with one another, once again forming the then abandoned Justice League.

If any characters in all of DC embody what DC stands for it's these three. They are all powerful, unique and stand of justice above all else. But each have their own views and their own flaws that are becoming more and more transparent and relevant in the new DCU.

Superman has come face-to-face with himself and has realized his innocent views of life and people are not entirely true. He's learned that there isn't always good in a person, and this revelation has rocked his world.

Batman has come to terms with who he is and who he always ran from. He knows now how much he had become Batman, and how little was left of Bruce Wayne, and this identity crisis has made him question many things.

And Wonder Woman has faced the reality of who she is, and who she is challenges everything she, and the world, thought she was. She has murdered a man, and it felt good and right, and this scares her, but invigorates her. She's sorry that her perception among the people has changed, but she's not sorry for what she did, and this has changed her forever.

So these characters may be near perfect, and they may not be relatable as others, but they are still the best DC has to offer, and with recent events, they could prove to be the best period.

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