Yeah it would indeed be endless . The whole “Marvel characters being more relatable” schtick isnt about the origins of their powers and how they use them … but usually their behaviors and personality .

And for a select few uber powerful folks , Marvel seems – emphase on “seems” – to always include a crippling weakness , beyond the character’s kryptonite and powers cancellers .

Take even Hyperion and the Sentry , they are usually depicted as a mess , on a psychological or even psychiatric level .

Smallville is frequently cited to support the “see, we don’t need to follow the source material to be successful” argument. Now, the peopel who say are correct in that Smallville was a successfuly show – but personally, I would contend that Smallville did not succeed BECAUSE it deviated from the source, but in spite of this fact.

Speaking as a comic fan who watched the show (well, seasons 1 & 2 and the last season) I would have enjoyed it more had it followed the source material more closely. Also, I think that if it had followed the source material more closely it might have actually served to increase exposure to the comics (which then feeds back to the TV show, etc, etc).

>fans seemed to dislike the David E. Kelley Wonder Woman pilot costume, as well as the Green Lantern movie outfit

Because they were awful costumes that DIDN’T look like the comic costumes.

>Far more than the outfits, it’s Marvel’s commitment to the character that is what brings people around, I think…

No, it’s Marvel’s commitment to (generally) staying as close to the source material as the media allows. This includes character; but also costumes, origin stories, abilities, etc. For the most part, if you – as a comic reader – went to see a recent Marvel property movie, you saw something that you recognized as being decided from the comic source. By the same token, if your only experience with the properties has been the recent movies and you pick up a comic book, you again are exposed to something familiar. Conversely, if only exposure to the Superman mythos was “Smallville” and you picked up a Superman comic you wouldn’t recognize much of anything in it – and probably would not feel compelled to buy it.

Marvel has, in recent years, done a very good job of getting their properties on the big screen in a way that can feed into comic sales (which in turn can feed back into movies).

>But then, Marvel’s characters are arguably more relatable to most people than DC’s…

I would argue against this point, but this is a never ending argument. Scientists mutated in giant green monsters by gamma rays does not strike me as being are more “relatable” than alien supermen.

Just not seeing this as a deal breaker.

And in the plot, on the rare occasions anyone bothers with that i a movie now.