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Superman is dead? From superheroes to drug heroes, the debate on the series that recounts the life and work of the big drug traffickers

Superman is dead? From superheroes to drug heroes, the debate on the series that recounts the life and work of the big drug traffickers

With the culmination of the premiere of the second season of the Narcos México series on the US channel A&E, the debate on drug series, their impact and the power of diffusion they have acquired in the world is reopened whole.Is Superman dead? From superheroes to drug heroes, the debate on the series that recounts the life and work of the great drug traffickers Is Superman dead? From superheroes to drug heroes, the debate on the series that recounts the life and work of the big drug traffickers

With a million-dollar investment and an impressive audience, the Netflix original series has reached massive television audiences and reminds us that a kind of 'universal language' has been established as long as they are not audiovisual products that are limited to Latin America , but its production, unlike those of superheroes that are limited to Hollywood, has been extrapolated to the US, Canada, Spain, Italy and other nations of the world.

The narco-series do not present the problem of drug trafficking solely as a social or criminal issue, but tell the story of the 'narco-heroes' in particular: Pablo Escobar, 'el Chapo', 'el Señor de los Cielos', 'la Queen of the South'. Each one will have their own series, which tells the world about their humble origins, their way of life, their eccentricities, their way of exercising violence, their social sensitivity and the power they have built thanks to the dangerous export of prohibited drugs.

Although there are also those that narrate, following the style of The Avengers, 'leagues' or 'federations' of drug traffickers, kinds of associations that build real empires, as in Narcos Colombia (on the Cali cartel), Narcos Mexico, the Cartel de los Sapos or the Dolls of the Mafia.

A wide cultural offer that is available to any viewer who, when they so decide, can choose the series (or the 'narcohero') of their choice.

Is Superman dead?

Perhaps Superman will continue to be, for children, more famous than the Mexican drug trafficker 'el Chapo', but every day more people around the world will see his adventures latest on Netflix.

As the spread of the American superhero in the cinema becomes more distant, a greater number of 'narco-heroes' position themselves before the great world public.

The Avengers saga is limited to four films that culminated in 2019 with Endgame. Meanwhile, the narconovelas number in the dozens and fill the television screens of practically all countries.

Is Superman dead? Of superheroes to the narco-heroes, the debate on the series that recounts the life and work of the great drug traffickers

In the case of Pablo Escobar, he already has several series of several seasons each, which not only teach us his evil, but also his social reason with the poor.

It is possible that in Medellín, Colombia, there are more T-shirts and murals with the face of its drug star than there are of all the superheroes. Colombian chains like Caracol have contributed tremendously to his legacy continuing to live.

Surely in Sinaloa, Mexico, the return of 'Chapo' Guzmán, imprisoned in the US, is expected more than any other political leader.