This brings up a few questions like... After all these advancements shouldn't there be more super-powered organs and limbs available to everyone? What kind of a hero would hide this advancement from the greater population when they could vastly improve the lives off so many other people? Cyborg was saved by technology that was suppose to be used according to the first issue of Tales Of The New Teen Titans to help veterans "whose bodies were destroyed in war."  That technology despite it's success was never used for the veterans it was intended to help.  Are these heroes inspirational to people with similar disabilities or are they too easily restored and thus an arrogant depiction and flat version of what it is really like to loose a limb or organ. 
 
To me there is too much death and dismemberment in comic books as it is. I don't like it when my favorite hero is killed. This is made worse by the weak resurrections and patch jobs that come later. I understand the characteristics of having a character die every once in a great while to establish an unsure world but dead heroes don't sell comics in the long hall so they always get resurrected. Death and dismemberment happens too much to the heroes in comic books. Death is not death and dismemberment is quickly overcome. So... What do you think?

Yeah, it doesn't make sense that heroes and villains have access to such advanced prosthetics while no one else does, but sometimes you just gotta ignore that stuff for the sake of the story. Comic book characters are supposed to be unique, so writers usually go to great lengths to make sure that they are (i.e. wiping out an entire planet's population for 1 hero, a scientist dies after making 1 super soldier, etc.).
I didn't like when Roy lost his arm either. It didn't make sense until I realized, the loss of Roy's arm was a outward reflection of his inner self. He lost a part of himself both figuratively and metaphorically. It's sort of compelling story-wise even though it doesn't make much sense when you think about it.

Lol. I see what you're saying now. I guess I didn't fully understand because I don't know much about Commander Steel. It sounds very similar to how Cyborg and his friends at Star labs are only making bionic limbs for heroes and not the general public or even the military. If you want to like these guys again, you can try really hard to believe that this tech is experimental or that it's not compatible for everyone, but the truth is that these guys are probably d!cks. I don't think that stuff like that will be acknowledged story-wise though. The writers are just trying to move characters in a certain direction, even though not all the pieces fit together properly.
It would be interesting though if these tech suppliers actually had nefarious reasons for not sharing their tech with everyone, but that might be too much like Secret War.
 
Thank you for your insight of how technology works in comics, good sir.

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  I was wondering why I hadn't responded to this blog and I just realized that it was because you wrote it before I even joined the vine.  Lol.  As for the subject in question, death and dismemberment is just a way to add some drama to a story, and we all know that.  When a villain cuts off a heroes arm, or when a hero is killed, it just goes to show how much of a "BAMF" they are.  Though, creatively, it fails on so many levels.  Though, it does kind of add an element of realism, since, if we think of being a hero in the way of being a soldier in war, many soldiers, throughout the ages have lost limbs and die.  In a way, the writers are saying, the fight the heroes are fighting is no different than any war before it.

I don't like when my heroes or villains for that matter are killed. On the otherhand, they are only comics and I fully EXPECT them to bring them back.

Well, having someone get killed or dismembered is not just a way to add drama as this is a world where many characters have very dangerous abilities and if people were not getting extremely hurt or killed I would be wondering what is wrong here. It also shouldn't surprise anyone that in this world of great powers that people should come back to life especially someone named Phoenix which is the embodiment of death and rebirth. 
 
I guess with getting Cyborg enhancements there should really be focus on losing your humanity as I would think that would be a very real issue for people. 
 
I'm surprised Steve Austin wasn't mentioned in the blog and it also made me think of Star Wars in which every other character gets their arm cut off by a lightsaber.

It's not available to everyone else to the extent that these heroes are getting this tech because a world full of super powered people would be the end. Certain people were lucky enough to get these advancements, and most, choose to fight for good. Just because someone didn't go and fight in  WW2 doesn't make them a bad person. The whole JSA were fighting in the war. CS wasn't really needed. He still did his part at home. Hell, someone had to be. Superheroes get advancements to be able to continue fighting and protecting. Roy Harper, though, I agree is an exception. I hate everything Roy stands for now. He used to be a great hero before Lian died. Now he is a piece of.... I enjoyed reading this though. Never really thought about it. Good blog.

Sorry I can't hit the reply button here at work or I would.

I completely understand and deaths that have had major historical impact and have been long lasting like Barry Allen should stay dead especially when there is a perfectly suitable replacement like Wally. 
 
That said it would really suck to not ever read another comic with Nightcrawler in it. (Luckily he's making appearances in Wolverine and Uncanny X-Force despite his demise)

It does seem silly to withhold this type of technology to those who might need it.