M&D and the Ampersand

[Robert Mahnke]

The first citation "(Mxyzptlk)", on the second sentece of the first
page, caught my eye.  Wikipedia confirms what I thought I remembered:

Mr. Mxyzptlk ... sometimes called Mxy, is a fictional impish
supervillain who appears in DC Comics' Superman comic books.

He was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and first appeared in
Superman (Vol. 1) #30 (September 1944). He is usually presented as a
trickster, in the classical mythological sense who enjoys tormenting
Superman. In most of his writings he can only be stopped by tricking
him to saying or spelling his own name backwards which will return him
to his source reality in the 5th dimension and keep him there for a
minimum of 90 days. However this specific limitation of the character
has been eliminated since the Crisis on Infinite Earths reboot, upon
which the character only leaves because he willingly agrees to do so
after meeting some conditions he sets, such as having Superman succeed
in painting Mxy's face blue. In 2009, Mister Mxyzptlk was ranked as
IGN's 76th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

Um, WTF?

On 11/8/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I met Sam Cohen once-a friend of my girlfriend's who studied at
> CUNY--this I think is a good article that you may like considering
> there's been discussion of said &
>
> http://web.missouri.edu/~cohenss/M&D
>
> if this is the article u guys were discussing, apologies--but I feel
> this is very clear-headed piece of lit crit
>
> rich
>