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Yeah, I haven't seen many unique representations of characters that are still accurate. Nearly every character in the Marvel universe is a genius and I agree with you on the wits. I mean, before it used to be Spider-Man's main thing and a few others did it but not as much as him. He made up a bunch of quips, but now ever since the MCU (where a lot of characters are so witty... I'm looking at you Iron Man) it feels like these characters are the only ones that exist.

Also, everyone is a genius. I'm fine with a few prodigy teenagers, but everyone is a genius. Toddlers could probably be in the top 10 smartest characters by now and people wouldn't bat an eye.

I feel like Marvel is trying to play it safe with a lot of characters. How about a below average superhero this time who isn't perfect (I'd like to see a dumb superhero comedy), or a superhero who we can actually relate to? DC has been doing a fine job creating minority characters where their minority is just a simple addition to the character and not the character itself (Jessica Cruz for example). The funny thing is Marvel has a bunch of diverse characters such as Falcon and Black Panther that are iconic (partially due to being black) and they don't even take notes from them.