h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, okay, maybe not. But that's what came to mind when I heard about this:

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20051219070109990001

First of all, I'll admit that I've never heard of Mrs. Anthrax before. But I've been intrigued by the fact that we bothered to name someone "Dr. Germ" for the longest time.

See, asidefrom the obvious lack of super heroes in the world, we've got everything you need for super villains to exist.

Case in point: The Unibomber. How is he NOT a supervillain? The cool name, the secret hideout, the likely mental issues, the "specialty crime" inherrent in his name....he's more of a supervillain than The Joker, though potentially not as evil.

Though the true evilness of all supervillains is questionable. Many, of course, forget that some supervillains are just standing for a cause they believe to be right (Deathstroke's vendetta against the Titans), some are just creatures who act like creatures (Solomon Grundy comes to mind, though there are times when he appears smarter than others), and many villains even follow their own code of ethics (The Riddler, for instance, until recently had something of a "no killing" policy, reserving murder for only extreme circumstances).

Now then. Being an obvious comic nerd as I am, when I see a headline like "Dr. Germ Released", it just screams trouble.

But then again, the real world is different from the comic world. Vastly so.

You can't always assume people with the villainous names are the villains these days, really. And maybe they're reformed.

Still...."Dr. Germ." I mean, come on....but yeah.