My father is a librarian at a county jail. This morning he sent

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His response when I asked if there were particular heroes people asked for.

Told him I'd ask around.

ADDITIONALLY if you have suggestions for great TPBs that you think inmates would like, I'll let him know so he can buy them for them.

>>92857483
People want to aspire to be a badass like Batman. Not a sad pathetic alcholic like Iron Man

>>92857483
because they think the Suicide Squad is real and want to do research on how to join them

>>92857483
Probably because it's more escapism and less realist than marvel, no shade.

Same reason everybody else does, marvel is complete crap.

They relate to Gotham villains.

>>92857483
Why not ask the inmates.

This is a board for basement dwellers who cant form a proper opinion without an image macro and 9-to-5 normie zombies who occasionally watch capeflicks to relax and reminisce about their childhood watching "that superhero cartoon"

Because Arkham Asylum is a revolving door, just like American prisons.

>>92857533
Superman Earth One
What's so funny about truth, justice and the American way ?
Batman Earth One
Batman Court of Owls
Batman Night of Owls
Azzarrllo's joker
Azzarello's Wonder Woman
Justice League: Origin

Seems like a good starting list for jail inmates

Probably because they're more optimistic and "classic" like the older comics/shows although that's clearly just a generalization. Could also be because they think they're darker too because of the movies. A lot of possibilities

Because they want to find Jesus in Superman; and they love DC women because they're sexy and not annoying feminists.

>>92857483
Because Iron Man wasn't a household name yet when they were first jailed.

>>92857533
100 Bullets
Criminal
Manhunter
Suicide Squad

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>>92857483
They're typically more inspiring and motivational. It helps if you're trying to set your life straight.

>>92857533
Joker's Asylum series.
A lot of stories about the perspectives of Gotham villains.

>>92857608
Unfortunately he doesn't get much time with them and can only really talk through glass or bars. He's also made a habit of not prying no matter how innocuous the question, since some inmates aren't fond of any questions.

Because DC is good

Get them Superman Up Up and Away

>>92857616
Shit list, ignore this OP

Proper list:

>All-Star Superman
>Fat JLA trades vol 1-7
>Ostrander Suicide Squad
>Batman Year One
>Jusice League International
>Robinson's Starman
>Gaiman's Sandman
>Moore's Swamp Thing

Tangentially related but have his slowly pick up Spirit Archives DC did from 2000 to 2009. There's 27 books an some are out of print

>>92857744
Not OP, but would those long runs be easier for a library to get than us normies? A lot of those are out of print to some degree.

>>92857483
People know and care about DC because of live action movies/shows and cartoons.

Mainly cartoons, nobody reads comics.

So when a bunch of guys that never read concise have to pick anything, they go with what is familiar.

>>92857785
I don't know but maybe the do have the budget to fish some $200 set of HCs from ebay

>>92857483
Because in general, DC has been writing better comics for the past couple of years.

For a new reader, DC has fun stories, Marvel has SJW pamphlets

For a long time fan, DC and Marvel shat the bed about a decade ago, but after some time and many hiccups DC is finally putting itself back together, while Marvel has hit rock bottom and then started digging. Probably in the hope of finding oil.

>>92857483
Batman 1966 and any feel good hero comics. These prisoners are the guys who like their inspirational heroes that never give up on people, no matter what.

Because DC has better street level villains. By far.

>>92857825
This is not really relevant. They aren't asking for new releases, they are asking for trades.

DC has generally supported the trade market much, much better than Marvel for decades. Even Image sells more trades in bookstores than Marvel. It's just imprinted in the general mindset of the populace that you have to go into nerd shops for Marvel comics but you can get the others anywhere that sells books so they don't bother to think about buying Marvel.

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>>92857566
holy kek

>>92857744
>>92857785
>>92857817
My dad gets leftover books from the main library system and he gets to spend about $2000 bucks every four months, iirc

>>92857834
Bullshit. They probably love the Punisher and BatmanPunisher takes.

The simple reason is that since they are in fucking prison they never got the memo that IronMan,.groot and thor are supposed to be popular now. They probably associate Marvel with Spider-man, f4 and Hulk. And I dont see them reading Spider-man or f4

>>92857923
That'd be enough

>>92857483
I imagine if you're inside the most iconic stuff is the easiest to come to mind when asked what you'd like to read without access to the latest buzz on what's happening in comics.
DC has its staple heroes and villains so that's that.

>>92857483
>>92857533
Probably because the shit that Marvel shoves out nowadays is fucking garbage while DC has been putting out good stuff in recent years, especially with their Rebirth series. I mean what kind of jailbird wants to be seen reading Gwenpool? That's just asking for anal rape in the showers

>>92857936
Y-you don't have to be so mean about it.

>>92857566
KEK KEK

>>92857923
Well if that's the case what you need to do is send them some inspiring shit. Shit that will change their lives for the better not just put money in a publisher's pocket.

Of course it's entirely possible a good read or art could inspire someone to pursue writing or drawing, so don't cross those off the list.

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my question Is, why would serious criminals like muderers or rapists lime superheroes of they are more likely to be beaten to bear death or killed by them

>>92857533
The Long Halloween

>>92857744
>gaiman's sandman
Something about jail inmates reading The Sandman makes me laugh.

>>92858039
Why do you assume only the serious criminals are using the library? There's probably some people who committed minor fraud or accidental manslaughter or something in there too.

>>92858064
And JLI doesn't?

>>92857483
DC is just better in general.

>>92857483
what condition do the books end up in

do they last a long time or do they end up eg coverless (which might imply a preference for using their covers as part of something the inmates do in their cells)

or do pages go missing, specifically the cheesecake pages

what specific comics are they reading the hell out of, are they by any chance the ones with WW, Black Canary and Starfire

aside from the usual concepts of prison populations (generally low educational attainment but reasonable to low intelligence as a cohort, lower than average literacy rates, etc) there's two other things likely to come into play: familiarity (as a population, they've become familiar with DC as a brand and shun others as a matter of pride) and, as an adjunct to familiarity, utility (of the words and concepts, not of the physical media), that is, whether it's simple to read and understand (or perceived as such), whether it's speaking directly to the kind of guy who gets incarcerated in that type of facility - which depends on the class of prisoner; if they're in for violent crimes but saw themselves as morally correct in their actions, for example, they might readily identify with Batman (or most superheroes, but especially with the unpowered human who just wants to avenge his childhood's wrongs)

whereas if they're in for violent motiveless crimes for which they've shown no remorse, they might be reading the same titles for the Joker

if like to help your father but he needs to collect more data on what the content they're actually reading is; it's kind of fascinating, i'm sure there's someone waiting to do a study on that kind of data

>>92858039
Escapism most likely.
I wonder if any of them like Mister Miracle.

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>>92857483
Currently DC comics are way better than Marvel. For a long while Marvel seem obsessed with pushing out as many classic characters as they could and replacing them with people no one cares about with shitty writers. I think Disney just lets them do whatever crap they want and bleed money since they're more R&D for the movies than an actual money maker at this point.
>Captain America is a hydra agent
>Thor isn't worthy
>Iron Man is in a coma
>Hulk, Xavier, and Cyclops are dead
>Spider-Man is a rich playboy
Seems that someone finally got wise that people hate it though, because it seems they're going to take steps to fix it later this year. They already overhauled the X-men. They went from living in another dimension because there was a cloud floating around poisonous to Mutant to mostly back to normal, aside from Xavier and Cyclops still being dead.

>>92858115
People in jail likely aren't going to know current changes like that though.

Black people like DC better.

Get your father to bring them Dragon Ball and One Piece and they'll love him forever.

>>92858135
It's been going on long enough that even if they have to trade wait they know.

>>92858039
But what if Batman rapes the Joker? It would be a bridge to both audiences. They could learn from each other. Frankly the immates could dream with complete rehab if they read about a more down to Earth hero.

>>92857825
>>92857966
>>92858115
Aren't you tired of shitting up every second thread with your drama

He's grateful for the input. I've just been screenwriting posts to him.

>>92858073
My father's library is limited to jail inmates. He manages what amounts to a large closet of books and wheels various selections of them by cart to pods where inmates are housed, or individuals can make specific requests.

>>92858115
Yes, Im sure people in prison read the latest internet articles, 4chan complains and twitter rants.

>>92858039
If you actually think exclusively morally upright people indulge superhero fiction you've got another think coming.

>>92858194
Or they used to read Marvel but stopped a year or two ago because it got so bad.

>>92858155
Marvel in general has been rough for about 15 years but the stuff in >>92858115 has been less than 5 years. Current bullshit likely hasn't filtered down to them AND it wouldn't prevent them from requesting Marvel trades from the 90s or whatever.

>>92858188
There's no drama here though, people are just trying to figure out why inmates want to read DC comics by looking at recent history in the comics industry

>even inmates know marlel is shit

>>92858073
it got me thinking since I saw a documentary about underage criminals who were rapists and molesters. one really loved star wars
>>92858105
maybe they like sandman

Get them Morrison's Animal Man

>>92858188
I love Marvel, I wish it was better. I was just as critical of DC during New52 and DCYou. Ressurxion was a good first step and I'm cautiously optimistic for Legacy.

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>>92858088
He often gets large hardcover books returned in poor condition because inmates use them as exercise weights, weapons, or tear off the covers to make taserproof vests.

Inmates are decent to paperback books, but still rougher than civilians. My father has investigated cheesecake pages and found they're usually left in.

He's very interested in data on this too and is learning what he can. He has found that inmates like "how to draw" books and books about writing fiction, nonfiction, and even poetry a lot so I think many people do seek artistic stimulation.

>>92858200
Why would he think that? /co/ is proof enough that only shitty human beings that are constantly angry at life like comics.

>>92858360
>inmates use them as exercise weights, weapons, or tear off the covers to make taserproof vests.
Jesus, these niggas on that Batman shit.

>county jail
So like 4/5 of the people there are for drug charges, half of which are marijuana. These are not the violent offenders, probably barely criminals, it's kids on time out for a few months cause they got caught getting high. Of course they're asking for comics

>>92858360
>He has found that inmates like "how to draw" books and books about writing fiction, nonfiction, and even poetry a lot so I think many people do seek artistic stimulation.

Understanding Comics would be good for this, assuming it's not already there

>>92858360
>He has found that inmates like "how to draw" books and books about writing fiction, nonfiction, and even poetry a lot so I think many people do seek artistic stimulation.

See, I >>92858033 knew some of them might be looking for an out from their situation. Something that encourages developing themselves and expression.

>>92857483
dc comics are lighter and inspire hope.
marvel's work depresses the hell out of you.
dc: FFFUCK YEAH SUPERMAN GOING FUCKING KICK ASS AND TAKE NAMES
marvel: captain america murdered 50 people under mind control WTF MARVEL!


in jail you don't wanna fucking make yourself more depressed than you normally are. this has been a marvel fanboy's opinion.

>>92858251

>underage criminals who were rapists and molesters. one really loved star wars

Someone took "use the force" literally.

This actually sounds like it'd be an interesting analytics project. Do you think your dad could maybe pass out surveys to the inmates? Possible questions could include things like desired series to read, Marvel vs DC, favorite hero/group, when they entered the jail, length of sentence, etc. If there's enough prisoners in there able to answer we could make some statistical models with the right questions. Plus your dad could do predictive analytics on what books to order for inmates based on crime patterns.

My guess without any data though is that it could possibly be that some of the guys were interested in the movies before they got sentenced. Since they cannot get out to movie theaters to keep up, people who otherwise would be movie-only viewers get into the comics and get hooked. Though the only question would be why they aren't also asking for Marvel series loved by the mainstream like GOTG...

Do you know if the prisoners get TV time? Maybe they can keep up with the Marvel series on Disney XD and don't need the comics, but they need them for DC series?

>>92858468
After you see slave Leia you're basically a ticking time bomb.

>>92857616
Why the fuck would they like what's so funny, it's preachy as fuck and not even good

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Pic related is the small space he gets for books. It looks worse than it is. He sent this a while ago.

>>92858415
Weed is legal in our state, so there are substantially fewer drug charges for that, thankfully. Most of the people are in for minor stuff but there are many Ex cons who are back for other charges too.

It's not as dangerous as a prison, that's for sure.

>>92858488
>Marvel vs DC
For fuck sake, we don't get enough of that in here?
Also OP already said the inmates don't seem to like being interrogated or made to feel like they're being surveyed.

>>92858511
That whole list is trash besides maybe WW.

Johns WallyFlash collections

>>92858527
Yeah I get that they aren't fond of questions, but I feel like if you peddle it as a book survey where you tell them you are trying to get the right books on hand for everyone they'll probably be more receptive. Plus it's not his dad directly questioning them, it's just a piece of paper.

Plus I feel like the Marvel vs DC thing would be interesting because like OP said, the inmates are asking specifically for DC. We should try to find correlates if possible.

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Of course real men will prefer comics by real men!

Because most Marvel events boil down to wanting to arrest or execute a hero/group of heroes

Who wants to read that shit? The numbers speak for themselves

>>92858360
>dat pic
Thank you, sir!

>>92858360
>tear off the covers to make taserproof vests
This info might be useful someday..

>>92858251
I think I saw that documentary. Wasn't that the one where some faggot was so detached from reality they had to constantly keep him in isolation because the rest of the kids were going to fuck him up?

>>92858564
Specifically these are labeled "The Flash by Geoff Johns" and I think there's like 3 or 4 collections out without another couple coming up to finish it off. The Morrison/Millar one is good too. Waid as well but I don't know if they'll do the whole run there.

>>92858628
>Johns is from that wasteland Detroit
>Morrison is from fucking Glasgow
>JRJR survived 1970s NY
>Didio used to be a debt collector
>Lee surely knows martial arts
>Snyder was a security guard
Welp.

>>92857483
DC is better than Marvel in most people's eyes.

The characters are more recognizeable and the villains arent as silly. It takes itself seriously, I assume prisoners like that.

>>92858786
Which one of DC's writers used to be a CIA agent? He wrote the one about Dick being a secret agent.

They trust Batman to let them live and Punisher strikes fear into their criminal hearts

>>92858856
Tom King

>>92858856
>Which one of DC's writers used to be a CIA agent?
Tom King.
>He wrote the one about Dick being a secret agent.
The Grayson book? That was Tim Seeley.

>>92858884
King and Seeley were both on Grayson

>>92858716
>[Muffled Hotline Miami Music playing in the distance]

>>92858907
Didn't know. Thanks.

Does your dad have access to prison logs? He could look at information on the inmates and cross reference it with who's renting out what.

>>92857483
Batman gives people hope.
You have to believe that no matter how awful a criminal someone is, they'll escape in a week.
It's uplifting.

>>92857483
There are a lot of reasons but the big one is probably that they don't want to pick up Hulk, Thor, Captain America or Iron Man and get She-Hulk, Amadeus Cho, Jane Foster, Captain Falcon, Nazi Cap, Riri Williams or Dr. Doom instead. When you go to DC, you buy a Superman or Batman comic, you get a Superman or Batman comic.

>>92858628
Larry Hama could kill all of them

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>>92859003

>>92859036
>using guns
The coward.

>>92858837
>The characters are more recognizable and the villains aren't as silly. It takes itself seriously, I assume prisoners like that.
Only true during Nu52 (and Identity Crisis which stood out like a sore thumb because of it)
DC by and large was damn good at not getting swept up in Marvel-esque seriousness bullshit

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>>92858488
He doesn't ask questions and most inmates aren't chatty with him, so he just looks at trends of what is and is not popular. He and my mother have both worked regular library jobs too, and they find that when it comes to most popular literature inmates like the same stuff as civilians.

I relayed the interest to him and he says he will try to keep better data.

>>92858457
He says he has several books similar to it and they are beloved.

Pic unrelattted, his dog

>>92857533
>ADDITIONALLY if you have suggestions for great TPBs that you think inmates would like, I'll let him know so he can buy them for them.
Fair dinkum, here you go, mate.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/140125831X/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401258336/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260918/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401262619/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401265421/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401269044/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401274579/

>>92859086
You don't understand what he means by silly

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>>92858986
Nope, not his thing.

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The data so far today boys

>>92858717
yeah I think that went for all of them. don't they do that for many sex offenders?

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>>92859234
This is an actually pretty itneresting topic and idea.

What other information? Like the average age of the prisioner, their ethnicity, the most comons crimes in there, etc.

>>92859234
>no jap comics

Kek

Also, get some Suicide Squad for shits and giggles

>>92857483
Do they have access to network television? If so it's probably because of CW shows.

>>92859263
No I meant in the on special I watched, they kept him away from other child molesting teens, as well, because he was too daft to get that his reputation was already ruined. He thought he could talk things out.

The one I'm thinking of did have the molesters in their own area, but they did like group therapy and shit.

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>>92859234
>no jap comics
real talk I'm kinda sad, I love manga and DC

>>92859116
>his dog
TRYING TO ESCAPE MAKING A TUNNEL, HUH?

>>92859234
>no Jap comics
Well, duh. Reading books about lolitas is not the way to go in jail.

>>92857574
honestly this, dc is far more hopeful than marvel

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>>92859377
>a child molester hated and beaten up by other molesters
that's surprising. not complaining tho. reminds me of the recent news story about a former neo nazi who converted to Islam, then killed his nazi friends for disrespecting his religion.

No nu-males in jail to order Marvel.

>>92859585
Oh, there are. But their husbands cannot buy them Marvel books; other inmates may think they've gone gay.

>>92857533
Superman: American Alien.

>>92857533
>suggestions for great TPBs
All-Star Superman

>>92859754
>>92857533
not American Alien please, its really not that good and character assassinates clark hard. Getting drunk and using his super strength on someone that he thought was a normal human?

Nope, never.

>>92857738
>>92857483
>Superman Up Up and Away

This OP, get this one

>>92859776
nice art though

>>92859234
>no jap comics
Is this a rural area or place with a larger amount of white inmates? I feel like am urban area wouldn't specify this since black people love manga.

>>92857825
> DC and Marvel shat the bed about a decade ago

Nah, really just Marvel in the 90s with the variant cover market.

The 00s were a good time for both companies.

>>92859453
Well if Big Mike or Jamal see you reading manga they'll want to talk to you about it. Mike is a fucking casual and Jamal will stab you if he thinks you talked shit about his waifu.

>>92859810
Sure.

>>92859080
>confirmed for not knowing anything about Larry Hama

>>92859234
based prisoner /co/mrade

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>>92858786
>Lee surely knows martial arts

>>92860034
He has an UZI and a license. What else should I know?

>>92859832
>The 00s were a good time for both companies.
The 00's were awful for DCs. Reboots after reboots after reboots.

Even killing the Marriage between Clarck and Lois, because that had worked so well for Marvel. and then it concluded with Nu52 who was the lowest point of DC.

DC did a good job getting back out of that, but let's not pretend DC did fine and all.

>>92860283
For DC quality-wise the 00s was mostly carried by Morrison, Johns, and the niche stuff Didio had to save (Manhunter, Blue Beetle, Jonah Hex, Checkmate, etc). That's still a lot of good material.

>>92857669
underrated

they're already in jail, they don't need the additional punishment of reading marvel.

>>92860283
>it concluded with Nu52 who was the lowest point of DC
Not even close, early 2000s were easily much worse. A large chunk of New 52 was shit, like any company releasing 52 books a month, but a fair amount was above average to great.

>>92860283
>Reboots
>>92860747
>early 2000s were easily much worse. A large chunk of New 52
t. casuals

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>>92858786
>Lee surely knows martial arts

I don't about that, but he's starting a soccer team with his kids.

>>92860855
You don't count 51, crisis and new 52 as reboots?

>>92857669
KEK

>>92860939
They didn't reboot continuity but when so much of the line changes creative teams maybe

>>92860939
The only reboots were CoIE and Flashpoint. The rest were retcons. Also, you're mistaking the 2000s with the 2010s.

>>92857483
Because they wanna learn the equation to the fourth dimension and walk through cell walls.

>>92857566
Heh

>>92858786
>>Didio used to be a debt collector

so didio has been confirmed to be a lying sack of shit who is a violent narcissist.

>>92861061
Spencer pls

I work in a prison and have a /co/ related story. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a guy who's been inside for just under 10 years. He's getting out next year and he just started talking about "that rock guy" from the Fantastic Four and how he went to see his girlfriend the first time after turning into the Thing and that she didn't recognize him and spurned him. Struck me that he was seeing himself in the situation, thinking people would view him as a monster when he gets out. I suppose the classic superheroes are classics for a reason.

>>92857483

There all probably under the old mindset.

Marvel is somewhat grounded in reality. The world is flawed, heroes have issues, and they treat small victories as big ones.

DC is about inspiring hope, that there's something better out there and that everyone gets a second chance in life, even the criminals that occupy the D.C. Universe.


Also the Marvel villains are "Mwa ha ha, I has powers, no I must enslave mankind."

MostDC villains have a degree of sympathy that some readers can get behind.

>>92858039
Idealism, shitty people admire decent people because they themselves are incapable of those same morals that the decent follow.

>>92858464
DC has some depressing existential stuff with its love for multiverse travel though. Like people from aborted timelines/universes being forced to live in the new universe where none of their friend knows them, their kids were never born etc.

>>92857483
DC is more edgy and gritty in general.

Marvel is capeshit for kids.

>>92857483
>we may be criminals, but we have standards

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>>92861460
But kids love edgy and gritty.

>>92859832
>The 00s were a good time for both companies.
HA! Funny!

Marvel:
Avengers Dissassembled 2004
House of M 2005
Civil War 2006
Spider-Man OMD 2007

DC
Identity Crisis 2004
Infinity Crisis 2005
Amazons Attack 2007
Blackest Night 2009
Flashpoint 2011

>>92861631
>2011
>The 00s

>>92861532
Shit like the Avengers is basically targeted towards kids though.

DC really doesn't do that.

>>92861532
Modern kids want to be adults as soon as possible.

>>92861671
>I have no comeback for how ungodly awful the 00s were!
>I know! I'll be a little bitch!
Have a pity (you)

>>92857483
CURRENT YEAR Marvel is a cruel and unusual punishment.

>>92858115
>Seems that someone finally got wise that people hate it though, because it seems they're going to take steps to fix it later this year.
Nope. Wasn't this reveal RIGHT before they showed that image with the "legacies" saying "THIS IS MARVEL NOW" or something to that effect?

I mean they just opened an event killing off Rick Jones.

>They already overhauled the X-men.
No they didn't, still shit. They have a long ways to go if they wanna win back their audience.

>>92862127
>he cannot count
>can only resort to namecalling

>>92861631
You forgot early 00s X-Men runs in general. Chuck austen, morrison and whatever the fuck that X-Force run was.

>>92861848
Bullshit. I grew up in the late 80's and early 90s. Chuky, Freddy, Robocop, Mortal Kombat, all that shit was popular among 8 years old. Nothing has changed

>>92862312
>Chuky, Freddy, Robocop, Mortal Kombat
Movies you managed to rent from the VHS store or steal from your older brother, and watch while mom and dad were outside.

>>92857483
Because nobody wants to fucking read America Gonzalez Enrico Guadalupe Chaves, MI GENTE.

>>92857483
It's Superman.

Superman was a product of the Cold War, where people had to live with the looming possibility of sudden death of you and the people you love. It may not be like that for most of us here anymore, but for some people, perhaps with violent upbringings or who live in violent neighborhoods, this is their daily reality. These are the people who end up in prison.

You know what a damn appealing power fantasy to people who live with death at their door? Physical invincibility, and super strength to protect the people you love.

You guys may be recommending grimdark stuff like Batman but trust me, prisoners would better appreciate Superman and other classic stuff like that.

DC heroes are pussies and the criminals can self-insert without worrying about getting killed by the Punisher or Avengers

DC plots are more simply written and easily followed by prisoners with short attention spans or low intelligence.

>>92859234
>no jap comics
Give him Lupin III.

>>92857676
underrated

I'd recommend Green Lantern, personally. It's got very powerful themes of self-redemption and the meaning/abuse of power that could be constructive in inmate rehabilitation.

>>92861631
You forgot to mention GAY for Justice and the ensuing shit that came from that.

>>92858151
>Black people like DC better.
What? I'm pretty sure that's false, a lot of blacks love the X-Men and Spider-Man. Then there's shit like Black Panther.

>>92863518
People really underestimate how big the nerd community is among blacks.

>>92859776
>NOT MUH

>>92863629
probably because nobody likes blacks, and that includes blacks

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>>92861702
>DC really doesn't do that.

They're still doing a better job then Marvel.

>>92862569
>You know what a damn appealing power fantasy to people who live with death at their door? Physical invincibility, and super strength to protect the people you love.
I think it's not just the power, but how he uses it. Superman, for all his terrifying power is Good. If you're in Jail, you're probably under the notion that you aren't, and would like to forget that for a while.

>>92857483

Easy OP.

People who like DC are more likely to go to jail.

>>92857533

It's not cape stuff, but DC's Prez might work well - it'll probably help them get in the mindset to prepare to leave jail in a post-Trump US.


If possible, Justice illustrated by Alex Ross might be an interesting pick - some sequences with supers (most depicted in a pretty timeless way, meaning its appeal is bound to last) still having a hard time tailored to what's supposed to be their strenghts, but overcoming, including Green Lantern overcoming a sort of mental incarceration.

Multiversity comes to mind too, but then again, my favorite things about DC comics is its take on the multiverse - I'm not sure if it's an aspect that's popular with incarcerated readers with limited access to comics though, but it does feed a mindset of things playing out differently, which may hold some appeal there.

>>92864767
There we go. DC fans can't afford good lawyers due to their addictions and they're also more prone to criminality.