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That is not always true of DC Comics heroes, Ayres continues: “It’s harder to identify with a billionaire who turns himself into something else or with Superman who gives himself problems to make himself more real.”

Character considerations aside, critical voices are starting to confess to a certain superhero fatigue. The respected critic, Todd VanDerWerff, noted last week that the seemingly endless slate of superhero films has begun to seem like a long list of chores on a cinemagoer’s to-do list. “It’s about getting trapped in these never-ending concentric circles of hype ... the constant feeling that everything is buzz for something else – even the movies themselves.”

For directors and actors, superhero films are now regarded as the fastest way up the ladder as well as a guaranteed payday.

Christopher Nolan, 44, director of the Dark Knight trilogy of films starring Heath Ledger and Christian Bale that grossed $2.5bn, is being paid $10m or 10% of the revenue for the imminent Matthew McConaughey sci-fi epic Interstellar. That’s more than many A-list actors. Nolan is so highly regarded and known for bringing in films ahead of schedule and under budget that Warner Bros. pays for his office suite, assistants and other expenses without any contractual obligation on him to release his projects through the studio.

Despite some anxiety about superhero ennui, the next frontiers for the genre are already established. Sony is reported to be planning Glass Ceiling, an all-female Spider-Man-related film of female superheroes, the Black Cat, Silver Sable, Spider-Girl and Silk. Marvel says it will have the female-driven Captain Marvel film in theatres in 2017, and DC is bringing Wonder Woman to the screen.