In the comic “What’s so Funny About Truth Justice and The American way?” Superman is faced with the Elite. The Elite is a group of enhanced beings that think they are heroes because they are ridding the world of criminals by killing them. Their thought on why they believe this is okay is reinforced by the people that cheer for them and think they are doing the right thing. But Superman knows this is wrong, at least for him in his mind.

Immanuel Kant’s view that someone could do something that is good but for the wrong reasons is still wrong. In the comic, a kid dressed as Superman says, “I can’t kill, but you can kill me! How can I stop you if I can’t kill?” which tells Superman that people are starting to think that killing criminals is the only way to stop them. Superman sees killing as wrong even if they are bad people that are killed to make the world better, and it is still wrong to kill. He never bends on his moral standing, even if it means he must die for his beliefs. Superman stands up to the Elite first by trying to show them they can fight criminals without killing them. This backfired a bit because the elite knew the criminals Superman caught would do it again and again. Superman’s response was that he would stop them again and again until they understood that its wrong. Superman held to Kant’s imperative by doing what was right not just for him but for others. If killing is wrong and a crime. Then killing is wrong and a crime even for those that kill people for the good of others.

 This is a view the Elite did not share. They believed that killing the bad guys would make them the good guys. They also thought they could get Superman to agree with their line of thinking.  They went around killing many people, saying it was for the sake of others, and called themselves heroes for it. Not knowing this made them no better than the bad guys they killed. Committing a crime to prevent a crime is still wrong. They became the very thing they were trying to get rid of. There is no justification for it. Superman wins the fight by getting Black to believe Superman killed his team and calls Superman a hypocrite. Superman only made it look like he did to beat them at their own game and to make his point even more vital. That he would not bend on his moral reasoning that killing is wrong and that there is always another way to fight criminals without becoming one yourself, Black said he would come after Superman as long as he still lives. Superman replies, “I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Because he knows that no matter what, he will stop him or die trying because it is the right thing to do, not just for him but for everybody.