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  • Lex and all the Ls.

    From Bill Steele@21:1/5 to Super-Menace on Mon Dec 7 15:56:55 2015
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    On 12/5/15 7:37 AM, Super-Menace wrote:
    It's my Golden Age prejudice, but I prefer the mad scientist too. Hard >>>> > >>to accept a corporate mogul shooting green rays at Superman. And I've >>>> > >>been irritated ever since they gave him a first name.


    That was back in 1960. I think I've gotten over it.

    So, 'Lex' stems from 1960?

    It, camd in as part of a sort of "double-L" campagn. I recall Clark
    musing about all the people in his life who were double-Ls: Lana Lang,
    Lois Lane... and all of a sudden Luthor turned out to be Lex.

    All that to explain the highly popular use of alliteration. I guess they
    were trying to keep up with Marvel.

    We can probably blame it all on on Walt Disney. Or maybe J.M. Barrie.

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Bill Steele on Mon Dec 7 14:06:08 2015
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    In article <R_ydnV-PVssHb_jLnZ2dnUU7-XWdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
    Bill Steele <ws21@cornel.edu> wrote:

    On 12/5/15 7:37 AM, Super-Menace wrote:
    It's my Golden Age prejudice, but I prefer the mad scientist too. >>>> > >>Hard
    to accept a corporate mogul shooting green rays at Superman. And >>>> > >>I've
    been irritated ever since they gave him a first name.


    That was back in 1960. I think I've gotten over it.

    So, 'Lex' stems from 1960?

    It, camd in as part of a sort of "double-L" campagn. I recall Clark
    musing about all the people in his life who were double-Ls: Lana Lang,
    Lois Lane... and all of a sudden Luthor turned out to be Lex.

    All that to explain the highly popular use of alliteration. I guess they
    were trying to keep up with Marvel.

    In 1960 they'd have been ahead of Marvel. Reed Richards, Sue Storm, and
    the Fantastic Four (not to mention the Mole Man) are from the end of
    1961. Bruce (Bob) Banner's about 6 months later, Peter Parker's almost
    a year later.

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  • From David Johnston@21:1/5 to Bill Steele on Mon Dec 7 14:12:21 2015
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    On 12/7/2015 1:56 PM, Bill Steele wrote:
    On 12/5/15 7:37 AM, Super-Menace wrote:
    It's my Golden Age prejudice, but I prefer the mad scientist
    too. Hard
    to accept a corporate mogul shooting green rays at Superman.
    And I've
    been irritated ever since they gave him a first name.


    That was back in 1960. I think I've gotten over it.

    So, 'Lex' stems from 1960?

    It, camd in as part of a sort of "double-L" campagn. I recall Clark
    musing about all the people in his life who were double-Ls: Lana Lang,
    Lois Lane... and all of a sudden Luthor turned out to be Lex.

    All that to explain the highly popular use of alliteration. I guess they
    were trying to keep up with Marvel.

    They did it first with Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang. Stan Lee's
    Peter Parker and Bruce Banner were in imitation of their model.


    We can probably blame it all on on Walt Disney. Or maybe J.M. Barrie.

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