Dave: I understand what you're saying about altruistic heros being boring, but I don't think that applies to Marvel, or even to current day DC. Certainly a whole universe of heros like Superman, Barry Allen, or Hal Jordan (pre-Emerald Twilight) would be boring, but even DC has gotten away from that, and nearly all of Marvels mainstream heros have "human" flaws. Ultimates goes too far, IMO.
