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part of the reason early post-crisis lex is so bad to me is that it took everything enjoyable out of his character.

he didn't live in smallville with clark as a kid leading to his vendetta against superman for making him bald, now he killed his parents for life insurance or whatever and just hates superman because he won't work for him and does good with his powers. not a bad idea for his origin, but it's the rest of how he's handled that's just bleak.

he used to be a genius super-scientist who made evil inventions to take down superman, but because he's a ceo now, instead of doing his villainy himself, he just gets his underlings to do it. because what's more interesting than seeing the super-villain fight the hero? seeing them tell other people to do it and sit around, i guess. and instead of doing super genius things, we get to see him be abusive and creepy to the women who work for him. how fun.

i personally think comic book super villains should be at least a little fun or enjoyable to read. like with the joker, you can use them in serious ways, but there should also be the space for more wacky stories. the version of lex byrne created didn't have any room that. it's just not as fun to make jokes about post-crisis lex being gay for superman or whatever when he's a realistic misogynistic, creepy boss who is abusive to the women who work for him.

i think nowadays there's a good balance between the two where lex can be a rich ceo and also a crazy scientist that's fun to read about, but during the 80's and 90's it wasn't great

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"I was afraid your typewriter would collapse with surprise if you ever started to write a good story on it!"

Lois was absolutely brutal with Clark in the golden age

From Superman #38 (1946) by Don C. Cameron & Sam Citron

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if Lex Luthor is so ethical why is he bald???? is God testing him by giving such a good man such a heavy burden?? or are his sins reflected in his shiny bald dome. will we ever know?

I read on the iInternet that this is called “ableist “ now. Think about your words and how they affect balds.

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When Superbaby does it, he's an adorable little orphan alien, but when I, Lex Luthor—

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i didn't even like nosferatu THAAAAT much i just forgot how it feels to watch a horror movie with a really great atmosphere

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crazy thing to say about YOURSELF

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NOSFERATU (1922) dir. F. W. Murnau (x)

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Supergirl by Marcio Takara

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i saw a post recently that said "if you hate kara zor-el or selina kyle or lois lane or diana of themyscira or any other woman ever, you will go straight to hell when you die" which. yes that's true. but the tags said "all jokes aside if you ignore and hate on female characters to focus on your garbage yaoi pairing you deserve to get beaten with rocks." and that got me thinking! this has never ever happened to kara! mostly because she doesnt have a consistent or popular enough love interest for people to yaoi-ify

all this to say, so she doesn't feel left out anymore, im taking it upon myself to become the first jerro the merboy x dick malverne shipper

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SUPERMAN (2023) #13

kara hates his ass so bad... she gets it from her mom <3

SUPERGIRL (2005) #47

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watched nosferatu (2024) with my brother today. very good liked it a lot. made me wanna rewatch the lighthouse.

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im watching nosferatu today with my brother yayyy. im excited because i've really liked eggers earlier movies. the lighthouse especially was like. my fixation for a while when i was 13 for some reason so im hopin this one is good too!

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DC Super-Heroes by Barry Kitson.