Going vigilante is a betrayal of society. We have a system that sometimes fails because we are human and we put emphasis on not convicting anyone when we do not have enough evidence to do so. While this unfortunately means that the bad guys will sometimes get away with what they do, it also prevents us from being a draconian police state. These assholes who don a cowl and "fight crime" -while fun in comics and other entertainment media- assume the role of judge, jury, and sometimes executioner -roles we keep separate because we know that no one person should have that sort of power.
Comics are basically "soap operas for boys," and love triangles are tried and true tension generators. Comic books should be over the top, and triangles give relationships that extra melodrama.
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