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Posted: 31 March 2026 at 5:58pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
I have seen multiple messages on Twitter criticizing the new Supergirl trailer because she identifies Superman as "Clark" instead of "Kal" in a private setting. Seriously?

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It was Julie Swartz who started pushing the heavy sci-fi elements, during his tenure as editor. The whole vision of Superman as a "stranger in a strange land".

As if a lifetime on Earth, raised among humans, with human parents, would not have buffed away most of his Krytonian "edges". When the "Great Rao!" nonsense started, after my time as a regular reader, I took deep offense on behalf of Ma and Pa Kent.

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Petter Myhr Ness
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Clark is his name! The fact that Supergirl uses it in the movie is actually a plus in my book. 
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I always felt like the odd man out when so many referred to Clark Kent as Superman's 'disguise' To me, it was the other way around. 
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There was a story when I was a kid where Superman was testifying in court, under oath, and one of the lawyers asked him to write his real name on a blackboard.

He wrote Kal-El!

It was the first time I had been told he didn’t think of Clark as real.

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Posted: 05 April 2026 at 1:50am | IP Logged | 5 post reply
For what it's worth, it was the issue where he got his legs back and went insane that was the last issue that I ever bought.

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I hated that story. That story ruined Roger's character. It also damaged Madison's Jeffries character.
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When I ventured into fandom on my way to becoming a pro, I was appalled to see how much Aunt May was despised.

Sad, and a little bit scary!

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I'm also appalled at the hatred a lot of fans have towards Aunt May. I also hate the idiotic notion by some adult fans who think that Peter Parker should be married because it would make him happy. These people seem to be under the wrong impression that being married automatically makes a person happy. Not to mention the fact that Spider-Man is a fictional character whose present day adventures are supposed to be timeless middle part of his story. It really pisses me off how adult fans and fans turned pro have ruined the Marvel and DC characters.
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Mikael Bergkvist
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When I ventured into fandom on my way to becoming a pro, I was appalled to see how much Aunt May was despised.

Sad, and a little bit scary! 
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Like Moneypenny in Bond, there seem to be a whole class of characters that add charm and tension to stories without themselves being all too exciting. You might think you can remove them, but when you do, something vital is immediatly missing.
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