Why do people complain less about DC characters age?
In terms of the iconic DC characters, most of them were created during a time when the conventions of the medium said that the costume and the powers and the super heroic persona was more important than the person inside the costume. That was the great innovation of Stan and Jack and the early Marvel pioneers. As a result, there’s a greater expectation that the Marvel characters will grow and change, whereas it’s more natural for Superman and Batman to remain pretty much the same.
