Developing readership

Even though Superman and Batman are very similar in their artistic and writing styles, I enjoyed reading Batman over Superman. I particularly liked how Kane and Finger built the readership as the story went on. For example, there is not a detailed introduction of who Batman is or his role in society in the beginning of the story. However, as more issues come out, his family story and his reasons for his actions are explained in detail. I feel like this method of developing on the protagonist as the story goes on makes the audience more engaged in reading the comics, as they will be be able to practice a closure by constantly wondering about the backstory or predicting about future events. Even though the readers are more engaged in the story, Batman, who is not born with a superpower and whose morality is a little bit ambiguous, is not a character that the young readers can easily identify with or that the readers can look up to. Then, Kane and Finger brings in the character, Robin, the wonder boy, who represents the marginalized groups in society. Since Robin is considered to be more cheerful and innocent than Batman, it’s easier for the readers to identify with Robin more than with Batman. Furthermore, bringing in Robin into the story makes the story more dynamic and interesting. I think that Kane and Finger’s style of story outline and introducing new characters when needed is what makes Batman so much interesting than Superman.