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...Comics Superman editor Mike Carlin, hoping to boost newsstand sales, declares that "an escapee from a cosmic lunatic asylum" named Doomsday will murder the Man of Steel. The state of Pennsylvania touts itself as a place for "multiple personalities" to suggest it has much to offer tourists. A character on Roseanne argues that only "murderers, psychos and schizos" can beat a lie-detector test. On election eve, Ross Perot tells a cheering crowd, "We're all crazy again now! We got buses lined up outside to take you back to the insane asylum...
...Superman may be dead...
...Superman had a comic book; now, Hillary Rodham Clinton has her own fanzine, a New Hampshire-based $3.95 newsletter. Superman flew to the White House to help the President with daunting problems; Hillary is expected to do some miracle work of her own with the nation's health care system. Both have big goals. Both wrestle with identity problems. Both wear tights...
...tabloid industry flourishes on tales of celebrity transgressions. D.C. Comics killed Superman because D.C. Comics executives knew that if the Man of Steel bit the dust, Americans would buy the comic book...
...hero of public policy? She can't be. Mere mortal heroes don't have much staying power in Washington. Superman didn't have to worry about Congress, or about public opinion. Superman wasn't subject to popularity polls. After skirmishes with Members of Congress, Superman could fly off to the North Pole to cool off. He wouldn't have to face Lex Luthor at Washington dinner parties...