Kurt Busiek had a book called Power Company for DC which I miss. It was a very modern book (i.e. it had a cast which would make terrible people angry) but Busiek always refused the edginess which were (and are) too common in cape books in this century.

Oh, hell yeah. Great choice. That was a fun book.

Of course, it's been two decades since it was published, so my recollection is incredibly vague but I know I enjoyed the book.