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From: lmaher@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 02:14:00 EST
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<Just dropped in for a comment...>

Like Laurie Sefton, I prefer Earth-2.  I cannot stand the Earth-1
Superman, but the Earth-2 Superman I like, because he's
vulnerable - "He never got past the leaping tall buildings in a
single bound bit, and while immune to bursting shells, he was not
invulnerable; a building falling on him could kill."  There's a
scene in one of the All-Stars shortly after its revival that
shows the aging Clark Kent responding to an emergency.  He steps
into a closet, there's a whoosh and a flutter of paper, and he's
gone.  It may sound inconsequential in words, but it struck me as
one of the most powerful moments in comics (well, maybe not all
that much, but...).

Perhaps the natural aging of Earth-2's heroes reinforces the
sense of their mortality.  I also like the Huntress very much,
and while I don't like Infinity, Inc. I do like the idea of
second-generation heroes.  I hope that with this reorganization
DC will begin to age their characters at a real time rate, so 20
years from now we'll be seeing their children take up the cape
and mask.

Currently I'm not enjoying CRISIS, but at least it's better than
Secret Wars (what wouldn't be?!).

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		there are consequences."

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