Words fail me on this. Really, it's only a matter of time before Wonder Woman lectures on the good of abortion, or Superman endorsing Democratic candidates (in fact, DC did a rediculous story line where Lex Luthor became president during Bush's firs term...the message DC was trying to send was unmistakable). DC already did an issue of Batman were gun owners were all evil racists. DC editors and writers (most of which live in NYC) have apparently made the decision alienate readers not in their political spectrum. I hope it comes back to haunt them when Superman Returns hits the theaters, and needs to at least make back the $300 million it took to film it. Money talks, and it's the only thing that will make DC listen.
DC did a rediculous story line where Lex Luthor became president during Bush's firs term...the message DC was trying to send was unmistakable
Your timeline is a little off. The facts don't fit.
Luthor was elected in a book that went on sale in November, 2000. It was cover-dated January 2001, but the cover date on comics is two months after it hits the shelves.
Besides, such a storyline would have to be in the works for months. They couldn't possibly have had any such "message", unmistakable or otherwise.
At the time the writers started, they couldn't have known W would be elected. At the time the book was printed and shipped to retailers, they couldn't have known W would be elected.
Heck, when the book first went on sale, the election was still in dispute. DC could well have been sending a "message" about algore, for all they knew.
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