“that is short for Mxyzptlk”
You must be as old as I am! Mr. Mxyztplk was the comic relief that Superman readers needed after the Man of Steel had battled Lex Luthor for issue after issue.
Do you remember when he legally changed his name and won election as mayor of Metropolis? Voters chose Maxy Z. Toplik without knowing why or how. Superman had his hands full undoing the unintended consequences of Toplik using fifth dimensional magic to solve crime & other urban problems.
Guess how Superman tricked him into saying his new name backwards.
;^)
I always wondered why Mxyzptlk never tried to take on Darkseid.
I’m Probably older- 1949. . But there was no villain like Brainiac. Gosh, he shrunk the kryptonian city of kandor and put it in a bottle. That’s power.
I can imagine how soup got mister Mxyzptlk to say his new name backwards. Kill Pot z yxam. Did he make him want to ban marijuana?