Originally posted by the ninjak
Unfortunately DC comics took away all the cool weaknesses that made all their heroes bearable. Then went even further to amp them so much that even their writers have stated that they are bored writing them now. In particular Superman.1.Lantern isn't vunerable to yellow anymore.
More or less true, lanterns aren't vulnerable to yellow unless they feel fear. Which isn't to say they don't have weaknesses, anything that disrupts willpower/concentration will do.
However, the lantern stuff has generally been quite awesome and the best selling sector of DC for years now. Also ever since the Corps have return, their power levels have generally been a bit lower, most notably in ring charges which tend to run out a lot faster, so there's more emphasis on power charge levels as a weakness.
I recommend Green Lantern Corps as a series.
2.Superman can handle kryptonite now. Magic don't mean squat and he explodes solar energy when a animated vampire bites him LOL.
The 'a vampire died from biting him due to solar' was a silver age event and IMO makes sense. More recently they forgot that when they had vamps bite him.
Magic works against him, though it's somewhat dependent on type (like, it's not a crippling vulnerability in the sense of "anything magic auto-works," but it gives a definite edge), and so does kryptonite and it's varieties.
3.Flash is now the GOD OF SPEED!
Not in a literal sense, just more channeling of the speed force.
He can still be KOed with a wrench to the head if he's not paying attention.
4.Wonderwoman now apparently Superman's equal coincidentally and the arm bracelets reflecting bullets don't mean squat anymore. + many more bullcrap artifacts that allow her to cut through/mess up anything.
"Now"? She's been fighting with Superman since the silver age. The arm bracelets are for reflecting stuff like Cheetah's enchanted claws or Superman's heat vision and for most purposes have been for a very long time. And the other artifacts? Like the tiara that's enchanted to cut through stuff? Try golden age.
Though right now-now, she's also been significantly depowered and is slowly regaining her abilities due to some time meddling as part of a one-year arc. So far, I'm not digging it, but for un-power level related reasons (we haven't really gotten to *know* this alt time line Diana).
My girlfriend manages a comicbook store and she says only hardcore fans dig these guys anymore due to the fact that....well they can't lose.
They can lose as much as Thor, Nova, Spider-man, etc.. They can and do lose in their stories pretty often.
If you think they aren't enjoyable and "they can't lose," well, you're obviously not getting your info from people who read the comics. They have plenty of foes of significantly power who can rip them apart and take them down, and often do.
This is a common complaint by people who have an outside image of the characters without really knowing what they're talking about due to not reading the good stuff. Read Gail Simone's Wonder Woman run. Badass and a half, but you never get the idea that she can't lose. Especially when she does get ripped apart by the villain Genocide and her lasso taken. There is some awesome drama during that run (and Greg Rucka's run is also really good), and even when she 'wins' she can still 'lose'.
If you can get drama from Marvel heroes, you can get drama from DC heroes.
Writer/storyline dependent of course. The current Superman storyline is generally viewed as not great, but for reasons unrelated to power (Superman's going on walkabout across the US to 'connect' with people, but that's something that's been done before and much better, and many of the morals of individual meetings and stories along the way just aren't very good).
Sad considering I grew up loving Silver Age DC characters and their wacky adventures but now....meh.Each to there own.
Uh, they're *weaker* now than the Silver age.... Silver Age had the highest power levels of any DC age.
A lot of recent powering-up has been compared to Silver Age stuff but it's still not the same level they had back then, it's just in comparison to the Bronze/Iron age that they've moved up.