When I was a kid, I mostly read Silver and Bronze Age comic books. The Modern Age of comics did not begin until 1985. Silver Age comics feature more lighthearted good-versus-evil stories. Bronze Age comics began to mirror real-life issues more. However, superheroes became grittier and darker in the Modern Age. It’s why we have superheroes who kill, antiheroes, and even black ops superhero teams now.
In fact, some superhero comic books are like violent 1980s and 1990s action films. Some of these comics, especially the team books, are full of covert kill squads and morally grey characters. They kill or pull off psy op missions that fulfill an agenda, not for the sake of the greater good or superheroics for its own sake.
