P. S.

[David A Gerstein]

	As for uninteresting-Mickey vs. uninteresting-Superman:
Superman has VIOLENCE, which sold in the 1940s just as it does now,
only now they're less covert about it.  Mickey has some violence, but
not really more than the Ducks and besides, it's comic violence
usually (outside of the Blot).  Mickey isn't KNOWN for it.

	And as far as I'm concerned, thank goodness he ISN'T.

	In the Disney Comics MMA series, they tried to do
superhero-like stories with Mickey, using a VERY dull version of
Mickey without any enthusiasm whatsoever, and since they couldn't
really show anything ROUGH happening, the stories were just long
chases.  *Yawn.*  Is it any wonder THEY failed?

	If Mickey Mouse was really known for violence, he'd sell,
trust me.  But what an awful thing to happen to Mickey.

	Gottfredson's stories often have long, slapstick battles with
a threatening edge to them (i. e. "Island in the Sky," "In Search of
Jungle Treasure"), but those are by no means all the stories offer.

	Of course, Murry's cops-and-robbers kick offers very few
things that are even remotely exciting after, say, his first five
years of stories.  (And even in those, Mickey is no real personality.)
Violent or not.

	But who wants a punch in the jaw when you can use your head?

	Your friend,

	David Gerstein

	"I've got him so mad he can't THINK!  And when ya stop
THINKIN'... you're half licked!"
		-- Mickey Mouse via FG, "Island in the Sky"