Liquid Wind posted...
That was literally the 1930's.
and? why would an IP's CREATORS be considered a less accurate authority on its characters than random people that came along 80 years later and started writing for it?
Because it's not how things are these days. When you have literally 80 years of "continutiy" with who knows how many alternate realities and reboots, the original is hardly more important than how he's portrayed today.
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