(Originally posted March 29, 2007)
The first thing I want to know is why did Superman need the secret identity? Were people messing with him all the time? What advantage would the bad guys gain if they knew Superman's real name and address? If they showed up at his apartment he'd just fight them off like always. I guess maybe they could send him a package of Kryptonite so that he'd get really weak while opening his mail.
Also, what's with the job? Was he really serious about journalism or just fucking around? I ask because journalism is a pretty competitive field. Do you think Clark Kent embellished on his resume like other people? If not he was putting himself at a disadvantage. Then again Superman is used to overcoming huge obstacles. Imagine secretly being Superman and your boss sends you on a lousy assignment. He didn't seem like a very hard-nosed journalist so he probably had to cover a lot of ethnic parades and dog shows.
How was no one able to figure out who Batman was? Batman is not above the law. Didn't he have to register the Batmobile at the DMV like everybody else? Sometimes Batman and Robin would be hanging out at the Batcave, just the two of them, and they still wore the masks. WHY?
and other times Superman and Batman would be in the cartoons together, as if Superman could ever possibly need Batman's help. Batman had lots of cool gadgets and stuff but no super powers at ALL. He BOUGHT his superhero status. I can't believe that Superman was ever really cool with that, but probably too nice to say anything.
I think there was one time that Superman and the Flash decided to get together and have a race and it was a tie. That had to make the Flash feel like such crap. "Well I'm only good at one thing are you are equally good at it. Congratulations, jerk."
In fact did any of these guys ever make an effort to LEARN some kind of talent or skill that wasn't just inherited through circumstance? If not, seems kind of lazy. The Flash could have been a great chef or something if he applied himself. Maybe the Green Lantern was good at fixing cars.
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