This is the age of the superhero. The general audience is just getting a taste of what is to come with the genre. Since the release of the film Iron Man in 2008, the amount of superhero media has skyrocketed and it has not reached its peak. There have been superhero movies before Iron Man, but it did not become its own genre until a film about Iron Man, a superhero that not many people have heard of, was released and made a little over $585 million dollars worldwide. That was the start.

  Superheroes are slowly taking over on the big screen and on television. With the Marvel Cinematic Universe (now with Spiderman), the X-Men universe and a soon to be established DC Cinematic Universe, the movies are introducing new characters in every movie that could potentially have their own movies and TV shows. TV has opened up opportunities for characters who might not be able to carry their own movie or their stories might be told better with a 23-episode season. All of the superhero movies and TV shows that are coming out are coming fast, but is there too much? To most people and fans of the movies, as long as the movies are good, they will still go out and see them. It’ll be all about the quality of the movie, but others say it’s about quantity.

On one side, there are people who really excited for the amount of movies and TV shows that are coming out. Steven Matura, junior at Bishop Noll, said “ I’m overjoyed at the opportunity to see my favorite heroes on TV every week.”  Steven said that there is no such thing as too much superhero content. According to Steven, the only two problems that the genre might have is that there is a problem with the reboots of the different superhero movies like Spiderman and too many TV shows might be hard to follow. Regarding the reboots, Steven said “ if they keep rebooting the same stories with different actors, many people will not bother going to see these films.” With the recent agreement Sony and Marvel Studios have made, Spiderman will now be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the character will be rebooted, again. This will be the third Spiderman in ten years and this is where the argument starts for the people who think that there is too much.