• imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    9 days ago

    The Boys is basically PTSD: The Comic

    Idk if it’s the JL specifically, but there any number of scenes in which Batman reflects on and talks about the people he’s let die/down.

    The origin story comic of Wolverine explains who he became as a consequence of PTSD from his childhood.

    A ton of comics deal with or are constructed entirely around ptsd.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    6·
    9 days ago

    A very good one in fact, Motor Girl by Terry Moore. 10 issues on it’s own but it’s part of his larger “Strangers in Paradise” universe.

    Available as a collection, I can’t say enough good things about it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Girl

    Less universally loved was Tom King’s “Heroes in Crisis”, which is about DC characters undergoing PTSD.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_in_Crisis

    I liked it, but the fanbase absolutely hated it.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    9 days ago

    Well, someone already covered the DC in crisis run, which was mostly well executed in how it dealt with the subject matter.

    And, as others have mentioned, Wolverine is essentially built on PTSD. But I’d also argue that while a lot of superheroes are built on it, that’s not really what you’re asking. And it isn’t something the big three address directly often, and rarely well. You’ll get single issues where it comes up, and often done right, but it isn’t really the kind of thing that matters because it’s not mentioned again for a long time.

    The DC series definitely addresses the subject well.

    But marvel has had a similarly excellent run, in She Hulk: Deconstructed. Shulk got beat down hard by Thanos, and when she comes out of a coma from that, she deals with PTSD in as realistic and well rounded a way as you can get in a superhero comic. Definitely worth the read.

    However! I couldn’t remember the name of that run, and did a quick search for “she hulk ptsd” and found an article that mentioned it with some others. https://cripplemedia.com/comic-books-and-ptsd-a-quest-for-representation/

    I’ve actually not read any of the rest in that list, so I can’t say how good they are, but it’s a starting point if you want to step outside of superhero stuff.

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    Batman clearly has a few positive and constructive methods of coping with his trauma. Wolverine has memory loss most of the time, but he’s definitely not the kind of guy you want to wake up from a nightmare.

    EDIT: There is this one weird psychological batman comic where he gets drugged to the point of amnesia and addicted to meth but previously while he was still sane he constructed a mind palace and was eventually able to snap himself out of it. Idk if that counts.