Comic #3556: 2015-02-10

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Panel 1: Superman: "Here's the thing, Lex. I have super-strength, super-vision, super-integrity. Why not super-ethics, too?"

Lex Luthor: "But don't you already have super-ethics? You save lots of people."

Panel 2: Superman: "Are you familiar with the idea of 'emergent properties'? Qualities of things that aren't apparent until you have them in great quantity?"

Panel 3: Superman: "You couldn't predict the behavior of an ocean from a molecule of H2O. You couldn't predict the economy from a single human. Maybe when you have a lot of ethics, it becomes qualitatively different."

Panel 4: Lex Luthor: "I don't understand."

Superman: "That's my point."

Panel 5: Lex Luthor: "You're not so different. You've had collateral damage to innocent people during your battles with supervillains."

Panel 6: Superman: "Jesus. I mean, I'm evil, but you're not even on the spectrum."

Lex Luthor: "That's what I'm saying."

Panel 7: Superman: "The atoms in my ocean…"

Lex Luthor: "No. I'm not. I don't make humanity. I'm not responsible for them."

Panel 8: Superman: "Then why do you keep stopping me when I try to cause mayhem?"

Panel 9: Lex Luthor: "Every time I stop you, humans get less self-reliant and a little less for themselves and a little more for me."

Panel 10: Lex Luthor: "Now, when a great villain arises, they don't even try to wait."

Panel 11: Lex Luthor: "But suppose I was the villain."

Panel 12: Superman: "This is screwed up! I was just trying to do a little evil. You've gone way beyond!"

Panel 13: Lex Luthor: "I'm gonna tell everyone!"

Superman: "No! No!"

Panel 14: Newspaper headline: "Evil Supervillain Proposes That Superman Should Not Rule World!"

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