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John Byrne

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Posted: 06 July 2026 at 8:54pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Reminding everyone that making Luthor president did not flow from my brain. In fact, I thought it was a really dumb idea.
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James Johnson
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Posted: 06 July 2026 at 10:19pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
Some truly bizarre comments. Is it really possible that so many people cannot grasp the difference between “based on” and “exactly like”?

In this day/age, people live & breath social media without having a fucking clue. 

It almost like people who don't know the difference between than & then.

One of the many reasons why this country is barreling full speed towards IDIOCRACY
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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 06 July 2026 at 10:24pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
"Reminding everyone that making Luthor president did not flow from my brain. In fact, I thought it was a really dumb idea."

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Well, you clearly have the power to predict dumb ideas, too!
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Rick Whiting
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Posted: 08 July 2026 at 1:10am | IP Logged | 4 post reply
Reminding everyone that making Luthor president did not flow from my brain. In fact, I thought it was a really dumb idea.

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IMO, I think making any establish superhero, supervillain, or supporting character an elected or appointed politician to a major political office is a bad idea. I hated that they made Luthor President and J. Jonah Jameson, Kingpin, and Luke Cage Mayor of NYC. I also hated that they made Green Arrow Mayor of his city, had Black Lightning be a part of Luthor's cabinet as Secretary of Education, and had Tony Stark be (I think) Secretary of State.
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James Johnson
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Posted: 08 July 2026 at 8:07pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
Oh c'mon people!!!!

It's just a case where this generation of writers believe these are KEWL/BANGIN'/DOPE ideas.

To bring in new or back readers. 😁
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John Byrne

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Posted: 08 July 2026 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply
It’s true there have been a few generations of pros who say “wouldn’t it be cool is we did THIS?” and forget the next important question: “but then what?”
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James Woodcock
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Posted: 09 July 2026 at 7:54am | IP Logged | 7 post reply
And the compounding of the ‘wouldn’t it be cool if we did this’ is how you
get to points where characters bear zero resemblance to the character they
used to be.
Just how far removed is Wolverine from who he was in the 70s/80s? How far
is Moon Knight?
Some weather that storm, but some break beyond all repair. I really cannot
see a way back for Wolverine
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Robin Taylor
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Posted: 09 July 2026 at 2:25pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply
We dont have PC's anymore, just maple MAGAs, though our current PM is looking a lot more like a Conservative than a Liberal
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