Consider the one time we saw Superman drunk. Everyone around him had to treat him like he was a bomb about to go off! Imagine a drunken Superman flying around the city. He'd be far more dangerous than any drunk driver or crack-head with a gun. So Superman has to be good, all the time. He can never just let loose after a bad day. As a child, he wasn't allowed to play sports for fear of accidentally hurting another child. He couldn't even use his powers to his advantage in any activity for fear of such "cheating" leading to his moral corruption. The strict rules of his childhood home must have had would embarrass even the most zealous and strict Puritans. And if you've ever seen a young child after a first drink of a caffeinated beverage, it's doubtful if Superman has even allowed himself to have a cup of coffee. If such a rigid upbringing didn't induce psychopathy or other mental illness, it would create a barrier between him and the rest of humanity. It would remind him always of his alien status. He'd never be able to empathise or understand so much of what makes up human culture and civilization. Plus, this inability to even be a little bit bad must cause him to feel at least some jealousy and resentment which could either fester into a toxic bitterness toward humanity or into some sense of moral superiority, either bringing with it a view of humanity as a debauched people in need of either punishment or firm guidance.
Born and raised in Appalachia, Brent now lives in rural Wisconsin. He is a practicing attorney with a dozen years of experience as both a prosecutor and a defender. He has collected comics for decades and at one time had almost 8,000 in his collection.
