Well, it looks like John Byrne’s at it again. Guess you Superman fans’ll be chasing him with torches this time around. Here’s what he posted on his site recently:
“I have noticed that people have begun referring to Christopher Reeve as a “hero”. I do not wish to take away one iota of the courage he must have needed not to wake up screaming every single day, but the hard truth is there was nothing “heroic” in what happened to him, or how he dealt with it. In fact, as far as how he dealt with it, he didn’t even have a choice. We could imagine he spent every hour of every day (when not in front of the cameras) begging family members to simply kill him and get it over with — but none of them did, so he had no choice but to deal with each day as it came.*
Heroism, I believe, involves choice.
*Not in any way suggesting this is what was happening, just in case there are those who are paralyzed from the neck up who might be reading these words. . . ”
Yup, Mr. Byrne’s applying for admission to Hell like they’re running out of room or something…
Kinda interesting, seeing as how Byrne reignited interest in Superman with his “Man of Steel” mini-series from the 80s. Seems he loves the “S”, but could care less about the man who wore it…
