Comments on: The Lightning Round (afternoon edition!) http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/10/01/the-lightning-round-afternoon-edition/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 22 May 2013 09:13:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Shaun http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/10/01/the-lightning-round-afternoon-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-450823 Shaun Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:25:21 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=9585#comment-450823 So I'm going through the list of 50 "WTF?" moments and thinking "They really oughta put Superman Vs. Muhammed Ali on the list." Well it made the list, but I didn't think it would be so close to the top. I remember seeing the oversized book on the newsstand at the grocery store as a kid though and flipping through it thinking it would be one of the coolest things ever. It wasn't. Even now, I'm not sure why so many people, including the guy who made the list, thinks that book was so great. For me, at the age of maybe eight or nine, it was downright shocking to see my (de-powered) hero get the sh*t beaten out of him so severely... Honestly, I always felt like they went way over the top in that book, having Supes beaten to a pulp, hauled out on a stretcher and hooked up to an oxygen tank... What was the point of all that? I don't even remember anything else about the story because I was so upset about that. I think I became a lot less enamored with Superman comics after that, because I began to realize that DC seemed to go out their way to de-power Supes and/or have him get his ass kicked far more often than their flagship character should. Luthor beats him up every few years, Captain Marvel always gets the better of him when they square off, etc., etc. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like Superman is "wussed out" a lot more than he should be. Otherwise, what's the point of having him? Just my $.02. YMMV So I’m going through the list of 50 “WTF?” moments and thinking “They really oughta put Superman Vs. Muhammed Ali on the list.” Well it made the list, but I didn’t think it would be so close to the top. I remember seeing the oversized book on the newsstand at the grocery store as a kid though and flipping through it thinking it would be one of the coolest things ever. It wasn’t. Even now, I’m not sure why so many people, including the guy who made the list, thinks that book was so great.

For me, at the age of maybe eight or nine, it was downright shocking to see my (de-powered) hero get the sh*t beaten out of him so severely… Honestly, I always felt like they went way over the top in that book, having Supes beaten to a pulp, hauled out on a stretcher and hooked up to an oxygen tank… What was the point of all that? I don’t even remember anything else about the story because I was so upset about that.

I think I became a lot less enamored with Superman comics after that, because I began to realize that DC seemed to go out their way to de-power Supes and/or have him get his ass kicked far more often than their flagship character should. Luthor beats him up every few years, Captain Marvel always gets the better of him when they square off, etc., etc. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like Superman is “wussed out” a lot more than he should be. Otherwise, what’s the point of having him?

Just my $.02. YMMV

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