tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post4784126651468939649..comments2023-11-30T02:39:02.047-06:00Comments on Comics Make No Sense: Superman Rids Himself of a Superior Hero Competitor... and This Time it Wasn't Captain MarvelAdam Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-63715426853040278642015-10-06T15:37:47.881-05:002015-10-06T15:37:47.881-05:00This Jerry Siegel tale is very much of a piece wit...This Jerry Siegel tale is very much of a piece with the one where he rewrote Lex Luthor's origins in the late 1950s. There too it's suggested that when young Luthor comes to Smallville, his inventions may steal some of Superboy's thunder. In that story, too, a coincidental-- and convenient-- accident derails Luthor's career as a do-gooder.<br /><br />By that time, maybe Siegel covertly enjoyed making Superman look like a sap, now that it was no longer his character-- though he did make another stab at regaining ownership in the mid-60s.<br /><br />Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.com