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And we're not mean any slight to work here or any of your favorite characters either. What we are saying is that Spider-Man, Shell and X-Men really rocked the industry, but Hawkeye, as awesome as it is, really did not. Heroes like Superman or Spider-Man
has changed things. They were outraged. Characters like that only come from time to time and the following line in the Bronze Age would be the conference must be the anti-hero of the 1970s: Wolverine and the Punisher.These guys, like Spider-Man or the skeleton before them, truly reflected the time and as we all know, has become so huge moneymakers. They set a new standard and, like Superman, Batman or Captain America before them, were torn countless times. Inevitable, one can say that the two were variations on the dark n gritty "Batman theme, but they also brought something new to the mesa and capture the imagination and heart of fans.
Source: Mania