Mr. Miller

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DEC 3

By Justice League Superhero X

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LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR: I like Superman. In fact, I don’t know many in the Justice League who don’t like him as a person. That being said, I also don’t know anyone, who was unhappy to see him vanish from the limelight after his retirement during the Superman Day Parade after Mr. T confronted him.

No one wants to see another superhero take the kind of verbal lick he took during his retirement in Metropolis. But his retirement, followed by being verbally attacked, didn’t exactly break any hearts of anyone here in the League. To his face we said, “Wow, man, I’m sorry the way things ended.” But behind his back, there were a lot of super-high-fives and chest bumps. In reality we knew Superman’s reign of being everyone’s favorite superhero was over. We all knew it would be someone else’s turn to be “top dog.”

The relief wasn’t necessarily exclusive to just us superheroes either. Though they’d never admit it out loud, I’ve talked to plenty of older people who grew up in Superman’s era who felt the same way; a lot of people compared Superman to Joe Paterno and the fact that he overstayed his tenure at a certain position for too long. It wasn't hard for anyone to admit we were way past due for someone new to take the crown as everyone’s favorite superhero. That’s why we saw so many people get behind Iron Man and Batman when they had a chance to beat him down the stretch a few years ago when their movies came out, which is why there weren’t many to support Superman after he was embarrassed by Mr. T.

Yes, I’m enjoying the end of Superman’s reign – he finally looks non-super.

Listen, when it comes my time to step down, I’ll look back and be proud that I had the opportunity to fight along side Superman in the Justice League when he was at his best. But that time isn’t now and right now I’m happy to see him fall from the highest graces and so are a lot of people.