Did anybody bother to read DC Decisions? I wasn't interested in it enough to actually pay for it, so I committed the unpardonable sin of reading it quickly in the store. (And, quite frankly, I read it more and more quickly as the issues progressed.)
As I understand it (and remember, I wasn't doing much more than flipping through the pages at this point), Superman's real reason for not wanting superheroes to endorse candidates (aside from the obvious--how do we know that's really Green Arrow coming out for the not-quite-socialist party?--and the realistic--why should the publisher alienate roughly half the fanbase?) is that they have virtually limitless power that's unchecked by any human authority, so in appreciation of that fact, they should stay out of human politics. Has he been reading The Authority?
So anyway, did anybody pay enough attention to this series to have a reaction? (And while we're at it, why did they recall that first issue?)
Posted by Doug at November 7, 2008 2:11 AM
Superman's argument (which is prudential rather than fundamental in nature) would apply to a lot of real people. Warren Buffett, for example, or the chairmen of the big five entertainment companies. At the very least, there's no bright line (which is characteristic of a prudential argument).
But it's also no secret that I think that Superman should be the Captain America of the DC Universe--the embodiment, voice, and expression of American ideals. So I'm comfortable with him not making an endorsement, so long as he does not also shut up about what's at stake or the criteria you should use to decide your vote.
I think America made the only rational sane choice this year: not buying a superhero comic written by Bill Willingham and Judd Winick is the first step towards healing this great nation of ours.
Amen, Dan!