None of Us Defended The Creepy Little Shit

Q: 

What are you looking at? 

DATA: 

I was considering the possibility 

that you are 

Telling The Truth.

None of Us Defended 

The Creepy Little Shit...

But Then Again -- 

None of Us Ever Liked Him.

“The Reign of the Superman” (January 1933) is a short story written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by Joe Shuster. 

It was the writer/artist duo’s 

FIRST published use of the name 

‘Superman’, 

which they later applied to their 

archetypal fictional superhero. 

The title character of this story is 

A TELEPATHIC VILLAIN, 

rather than a physically powerful hero 

like the well-known character.

“No! Go AWAY, Q! 

Go Find Picard!”

A mad scientist, a chemist named 

Professor Ernest Smalley, 

randomly chooses raggedly dressed vagrant Bill Dunn 

from a bread line and recruits him 

to participate in an experiment in exchange for 

“a real meal and a new suit”. 

When Smalley’s experimental potion 

grants Dunn telepathic powers, 

The Man becomes intoxicated by His Power 

and seeks to Rule The World. 

This Superman uses these abilities for Evil, 

only to discover that the potion’s effects are temporary. 

Having killed the evil Smalley, 

who had intended to Kill Superman 

and give himself the same powers, 

Superman was left unable to use his knowledge 

to recreate the secret formula. 

As the story ends, Dunn’s powers wear off 

and he realizes he will be returning to 

the bread line to be a forgotten man once more.

The Conspiracy Against Alexander

"We all felt there was more here

than sexual bickering.

Alexander wanted The Truth and 

Philotas' answers were lacking merit.

Please take him away.

Alexander put him silently and quickly

to Trial by His Peers... and whether 

Plotter or Opportunist,

Philotas was found 

Guilty of Treason.

No, Alexander, no!

Remove him.

The Suspects were all Executed.

None of us Defended Philotas...

but then again, 

None of Us Ever Liked Him.

And of course, 

His Power was carved up 

By The Rest of Us.

Before he died, we tortured him to find out 

what His Father Parmenion knew.

But this we never learned.

What to Do with Parmenion and His 

20,000 troops guarding our supply lines

was a far more delicate matter.

Was he innocent in this?

Or had he decided to act before

age further withered His Power?

The men will follow Their King.

- Alexander won't be there.

Necessity required Alexander to act...

and he sealed the camp within the hour

of the first accusations against Philotas.

Then go, Antigonus, and Cleitus.

And go quickly.

Three days' hard riding

sent Antigonus and Cleitus to Parmenion, 

The General most loyal to Philip.

His Soldiers accepted the finding of Guilt

against Parmenion, as they understood well

The Code of Vengeance...

That made The Head of Family

responsible for the behavior of all.

Many of us felt we were better off

without that pompous thorn, Parmenion...

as Alexander promoted all of us

generously.