tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post8158471491175413566..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: The Man Who Replaced Batman (Part 2): Liar, Liar, Please Don't FireScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-28493388278999004542020-12-09T09:56:29.697-05:002020-12-09T09:56:29.697-05:00About doings over at Superman, remember that the e...About doings over at Superman, remember that the editor over there was Mort Weisinger, who was known to have a taste for humiliating people in his employ. I suspect that a lot of that spilled into his ideas for what constitutes a good story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-88506379704899272882020-12-08T16:33:54.020-05:002020-12-08T16:33:54.020-05:00Gordon's reaction actually explains a lot abou...Gordon's reaction actually explains a lot about Gotham, now tat I think about it. If he can't think of any way to stop a gun-toting vigilante <i>and</i> hasn't been fired, then I'm guessing that the city isn't particularly good at prosecuting criminals.<br /><br />I'm surprised that the Comics Code Authority didn't object to this story, though, given that there's an entire section about how forbidden it is to portray authority figures as inept.<br /><br />Those "am I being replaced?" stories are wild, too, I believe the only times that the writers were willing to show Superman crying. So, it was at least as important to them as making sure all romantic partners were portrayed as nosy, hectoring killjoys.John Chttps://john.colagioia.net/noreply@blogger.com