I'd like to read it! Also, your friend doesn't sound like a friend at all.

Don't give up but definitely don't work it to perfection. Also comic book with multiple races is gonna stress your drawing ability to the max.

Yes, give up on your friendship

This is just a premise. It's all in the execution. No premise is stupid or great in itself. Any premise can be made great or stupid by its execution.

"Friend". You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Listen here you stupid moron.
Do whatever the fuck you want with your life (provided you don't hurt anybody.).
If you want to write a book about something, do your homework, talk to whoever you think you should but in the end, do only what YOU think will make you happy.
There are mfs out there who send in AI slop to scientific journals and still get published & cited.
Stan-fucking-lee introduced us to a bunch of superheroes. He did what he loved well before anybody took notice. You do what you love, regardless of what your stupid friend says. Your friend should warn of dangers, yes. But your friend should be by your side to hold you, in case you fail.
Just one thing, always endeavour to be the best at what you do. If you want to bake cookies, be the best cookie chef of your time. If you want to suck ass, be the best at sucking ass. If you want to be the best superhero writer, be the fucking best superhero writer.
Now stop wasting your time listening to dim-wits on the internet like myself and go work on your dreams.

Well I can say with some certainty that no matter what your idea is, something stupider has made it to print in Marvel or DC probably both.

On top of that, I've found that people tend to be more critical of things they perceive as amateur efforts, even if the quality is the same. If you watched a movie scene by an incompetent director and catch a mistake you'll probably be derisive, but put the same mistake in a movie by a renowned director you'll probably wonder if it isn't intentional and serves some artistic purpose and might not react as negatively even if it is genuinely a mistake.

For your issue what I would say is that you should consider what you want people to find compelling in your story and then ask yourself if this detail serves that vision. Its possible your friend is reacting to something undercutting the draw of your work, but it is just as possible they just aren't getting it. Seek more opinions if you want to understand how others are reading it, but ultimately you have to trust your vision.

Superhero origins are usually the grounding of the character people use before the spring off into the supernatural stuff. Batman deals with grief, the Ray loses his father, green lantern is presented with a choice to uphold some virtues, wonder woman is trying to protect her family and home, Constantine has regrets, X-Men deals with bigotry, Spider-Man has unearned power, etc.

Tell the story you want to tell, but consider why you want to tell it the way you want to tell it and if it will reach the people you think will be fans of it so you can keep making more.

You posted the same thing last time with no ethnicities. Just make it if you want to.

Always give up. Never persevere. Lol jk obviously you should write it!

If it sucks who cares? And if it doesn't then hell ya brother! Besides, writing is like any other skill in that it takes practice. So do it.

I think your friend is stupid and should give up.

I'm starting to write a comic book too. My daughter invented a super hero and the name was just so perfect that I felt like I had to expand on it: "Princess Superspeed Girl". I've got like four or five stories written in my head that I've workshopped with her as bedtime stories.

So I'm writing it for my daughter, but I'm kind of a perfectionist and only marginally talented, so it's very slow going.

Anyway, I think you should write yours. The stuff you said about it here doesn't specifically pique my interest, but you were also pretty vague about it, and the execution matters as much as the premise.

It's important to create things. Not just for other people to see it, but for your own sake, just for you to have created it. There's value in that.

You can only become a better writer by writing. Also your friend should be more supportive. Lastly, I'm sure a story like that will have no problem finding an audience.

Who are you writing it for? Are you writing it for other people, or because you enjoy it and want to do it? If the former, I'm sure there's people out there who would read it, even if your friend is a bit of a dick. If the latter, what does it even matter what other people think? If you're enjoying writing it, it's time well spent regardless of what happens afterwards.

Do not give up.

The story is only stupid if you don't write it well. Think about how Raider of the Lost Ark stays the exact same without Indiana Jones. It sounds stupid, but what makes the story good is the characters and how they interact, their motivations and goals, the journey they take.

You can take any classic story and explain it in a stupid way to make it sound bad. Star Wars is about a kid being radicalised by a crazy old guy and committing acts of terrorism on government buildings, and the vice president is actually his dad. Sounds kinda dumb, but it's one of the most iconic stories of the 20th century.

As for your own idea, I don't see what's stupid about it. Batman's parents were hella rich and he's awesome.

Anyway, I recommend Brandon Sanderson's lecture series about writing Fantasy and SciFi, its on his YT channel.

Don’t listen to your friend. Do it!

No.

How can you write your next comic book if you don't get a finish on this one first ?

Just do it.

Never give up

Because you didn't mention what the powers were, I definitely want to read it. It sounds interesting.