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Originally Posted by kylactus

I think rather than a fad, super hero’s have become a genera like westerns or sci-fi, I just think it’s been relatively recently that modern CGI capibilities allow for scope of visuals required. And remember, even a “poorly preforming” marvel or DC flick blows almost everything else out of the water at the box office.

In a manner of speaking, yeah. I think superhero movies are working because they're more of a framing than a genre. It's less like "superhero movie" and more like "X movie with superheroes".