Are there any Belgian superheroes?

Superheros are more of an American phenomenon, but there are characters that have superpowers like Jerom from Suske en Wiske, or own magical objects and are supported by the gods like Papyrus from the comic with the same name. There is also the Rode Ridder, not a superhero, but a superior knight, he embodies the romantic view of medieval knighthood, though many albums deviated from this introducing modern equipment into the middle ages and the knights girlfriend is a Sumerian goddess (in some ways this character is very close to the protagonists from medieval romance stories).

The first series I mentioned has albums in which they poke fun at superheros, like the 'Wattman', which is a parody of Batman (the Wattman is a tram driver who attempts to save his ancient vehicle by dressing up in a gear that looks like Batman, and has his own "batsignal").

There is a type of characters in Belgian comics that come close to being superheros, but the characters will always remain relatively ordinary. Buck Danny is one of them, but the main characters from XIII, Largo Winch, etc. follow the same trope.

I think the absence of the Superhero in the American sense in Belgian and French comics might have two reasons: first there the costume, which when many modern comic series began would still have been considered childish. Many Belgian characters for children already had one outfit, like Gaston Lagaffe [worn green jumper and blue jeans], Alix [a red tunica, his friend Enak has a blue one], Suske [red shirt over black pants] and Wiske [white dress], in fact all characters in this comic have only one outfit, Tintin [golf trousers and a sky blue jumper] and most noticeably Spirou who wore a red bell boy uniform.

The second reason is the fact most comics tend to send their characters on "adventures" abroad which would take them all over the world, in case of Suske and Wiske even back in time and sometimes even the future. Superhero's on the other hand are usually based in one city and build a base there and deal with only that city. Batman has Gotham, Superman Metropolis, Green Latern has Coast City, and etc. On the other hand Belgian characters are often very unclear about where they live, Suske and Wiske never named the place where they lived and moved several times, Jommeke is based in a fictional village in Flanders called Zonnedorp, but no-one knows where it is, the character Nero also moved a lot before ending up in a defunct railwaystation in the real village of Hoeilaart (which is somewhere below Brussels) and as far as anyone can tell Buck Danny lives on an American aircraft carrier since his house is never shown, nor alluded to. Unlike their American counterparts Belgian comics intended to educate the young readers about the world, the comic "Les Tuniques Blues", or the "Blue coats", which follows the story of two Union cavalrymen during the American civil war accompanies often its claims about that history with the note "*Authentic", whereas as far as I can tell American superhero's often deal with morality.

I don't think it has anything to do with modesty, but more with children's education and the wish to have safe and relatable characters. A number of these characters are so Belgian, some even so Flemish or Walloon, that though they are very popular never managed to break through in other countries.

Ariana is right. Superheroes are primarily an American thing. The rest of the world focuses on a much wider range for their comics.

Tintin

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