DC heroes do brutalities, in other words beat the living **** out of you, but **** you in the finisher.
Can anyone think of a DC hero that *****? I mean Mavel has Punisher, Wolverine, Black Widow, Blade, Deadpool (a Merc, not a hero, but I digress), Elektra, etc. Who the hell does DC have?!
I don't know if it was retconned or not, but Superman ***** only if there is absolutely no alternative (he ****** a couple evil Kryptonians I think). Batman used to shoot people with guns until they introduced Robin along with his no ******* rule and retconned it. As for DC heroes/anti-heroes who have no problem with ******* if it comes down to it:
The various Green Lanterns have all ****** at least once
Jason Todd
Azrael
Hitman/Tommy Elliot
Green Arrow I and II
Deathstroke (he was an anti-hero when he had his solo comic)
Wonder Woman
The Question
Aquaman
The Flash (Barry Allen snapped Professor Zoom's neck)
Nightwing
Huntress (****** her ******'s ********)
Vigilante
The Spectre
Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)
Starfire
Raven
Red Arrow/Speedy
Speedy (the girl one, forget her name)
Damian Wayne/Robin V
Hawkman
Black Adam
Orion
Captain Atom
Jonah Hex
Sgt. Rock
The Blackhawks
Dr. Fate (he used to disintegrate his enemies)
Lobo
Starman
So yeah, the DC heroes DO ****, despite the fact their heroes are made out to be ****** friendly at times