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Superman Recreates Classic Conman As Donald Trump

Wilbur J Wolfingham is a classic Superman villain, a conman often trying (and sometimes succeeding) to get one over on Metropolis and/or Superman, first created in the early forties.

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Originally modelled on WC Grace, he has changed in appearance considerably over the years, settling on a bombastic bald, monocled type.

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And he returns to the modern day in tomorrow's Superman #48, as a candidate in the Presidential elections. With a bombastic style that some may find familiar. " I am an expert on things that are super,"

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Okay so he still may be bald. But that's Trump, right? "I myself am tremendously super. Tremendously."

 

Oh and this Superman is kicking right out of the recent Superman/Wonder Woman

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Kingslayer is also another blast from the past, from the seventies. Gene Yang and Howard Porter are just goin through all those Who's Who's with gusto.

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Hang on, a moment of humility? Call off te attack dogs, there's no way it can be Trump!Superman07Yeah, we've just had Hordr. There's a distinct lack of Es in branding right now. Funny, when I used to work in marketing, there were plenty going round…

Superman #43 is published by DC Comics tomorrow.


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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