The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as an adult without that kind of childhood sentimentality, it just doesn't allow you, or in my case at least, it wouldn't let me take the characters seriously.
“We've unveiled the most comprehensive reform budget people have seen in a generation.”
“To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.”