I hate the "hero-worshipping hero" archetype that tries to be meta, the character who grew up reading Superman and writes Superman fanfiction and one day buh-wuhhhhhh lookitmeeee, I've got superpowers dropped into my lap! I'm just like Superman now!
This is opening of My Hero Academia, except My Hero Academia is shonen manga/anime and therefore knows that the most important thing to do is make the protagonist start at rock bottom and then work and sufffer to gain mastery of their power.
I honestly cannot think of any Western capeshit where someone has to be physically fit enough to use their powers and thereby spends a lot of runtime working out at the start.
Most of the times they are get their powers and their body just morphs into ripped god, or skinny ripped god.
The only people that earn or develop their powers in western comics are the villains. Heroes just get them and never have to work for them with only a handful of exceptions.
Outside of being super wealthy batman had to actually train to be batman and iron man actually had to build and maintain his suit. Otherwise characters are either born that way or gifted with superpowers.
This is opening of My Hero Academia, except My Hero Academia is shonen manga/anime and therefore knows that the most important thing to do is make the protagonist start at rock bottom and then work and sufffer to gain mastery of their power.
I honestly cannot think of any Western capeshit where someone has to be physically fit enough to use their powers and thereby spends a lot of runtime working out at the start.
Most of the times they are get their powers and their body just morphs into ripped god, or skinny ripped god.
The only people that earn or develop their powers in western comics are the villains. Heroes just get them and never have to work for them with only a handful of exceptions.
Outside of being super wealthy batman had to actually train to be batman and iron man actually had to build and maintain his suit. Otherwise characters are either born that way or gifted with superpowers.