Actually, wait a sec…

Should probably be Superman::Lex Luthor as Scrooge McDuck::???

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I would say probably Flintheart.

Magica isn’t so much the antithesis of Scrooge (though you could make a case for her magic and attempted usurpations as the veriest opposite of Scrooge’s “I did it square!”) as she is trying to take something of his elemental quality for herself.

Flintheart, on the other hand, is Scrooge’s absolute antithesis; a man who’s cut every corner, cheated lied and stole to make his fortune and considers it a point of pride that he did so.

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If we switch heros, Glomgold: Joker as DeSpell:Poison Ivy. For the most part Magica is mainly interested in the Number 1 Dime, and the magic power it would give her.

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I might make the argument that Flintheart is the Bizzarro Scrooge – his dark mirror image, so to speak.

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Chast: except by that logic, Donald being poor is Scrooge’s Luthor…and as Superman is always some level of smart to sooper genius, your comparison doesn’t work.

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Superman :: Uncle Scrooge as General Zod :: Flintheart Glomgold

They came from the same place and have nigh identical abilities, but one is our hero and a good guy while the other is a ruthless, self-aggrandising villain.

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Well, Donald is kind of evil, Scavenger, and he does make Scrooge’s life more difficult without actually doing any permanent damage….

I also take issue with Superman being smart. Sure, we’re told he’s smart, but he often doesn’t act it. Certainly, his first instinct is to beat any threat to a pulp, even if he destroys half the city in doing so, instead of figuring out and exploiting an enemy’s weaknesses. Hell, he seldom even thinks to use his non-strength and non-flight powers (like super-speed; it would come in handy a lot of the time, but it seems he only uses it as a last resort). Then again, that could just be laziness rather than low intelligence.

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Ah, but let’s not forget that Magica’s main objectiveis to get Scrooge’s first dime while Flintheart actually wants to see Scrooge destroyed because of who he is and what he’s accomplished.

Flintheart’s motivation is much more Lex Luthor-esque.

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If we use Silver Age Lex Luthor the mad and weird scientist, then the counterpart is Magica DeSpell.

If we use Modern Age Lex Luthor the ruthless zillionaire, then the counterpart is Flintheart Glomgold.

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Luthor doesn’t have many peers among the Man of Steel’s arch-foes, does he? Just Brainiac, really. Whereas if we were talking about Batman villains, we’d have Flintheart as Two-Face, Magica as Joker, Goldie as Catwoman (maybe), and so on.

In fact, they don’t need to be compared to anybody; they are themselves squarely within the standard archetypes of arch-foe. Flintheart is Scrooge’s wealth untempered by Scrooge’s morality, a typical broken mirror. Magica strikes at Scrooge’s self-identity, a typical origin-related arch-foe.

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“– Luthor is Superman’s nemesis whose abilities (intellectual) are NOT like Superman’s; following this logic, Scrooge’s nemesis should NOT be someone with equal financial “powers,” and thus Magica is the most appropriate choice here. –”

Using that logic, I’d say Scrouge’s arch-nemesis would be the Beagle Boys.

Where Scrooge obeys laws and rules and is generally obedient to social norms, the Beagle Boys are first and foremost thieves and criminals.

In this case, Scrooge’s power rests in his society, while the Beagle Boys triumph through anarchy.

I’d also note that Lex Luther is something of an underdog in the Superman / Luther dynamic. Despite being rich, he’s human and generally quite weak. The deck is stacked against him. Likewise, the Beagles are always working against a superior opponent, constantly working to overcome the overwhelming superiority Scrooge’s fortune provides him.

Luther and the Beagle Boys also both spend a lot of time getting thrown in and busting back out of jail.

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BobH – Why not Gladstone? Just as Luthor is in many ways the Antithesis of Superman, Gladstone and his way of life is the antithesis of Scrooge’s. Just because Gladstone’s never attempted to kill Scrooge doesn’t mean he can’t qualify as a nemesis.

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Glomgold.

Luthor’s obsession with Superman is equally one of superiority- he hates and is threatened by the existence of a being that is better than him. Luthor seeks to defeat Superman just as Glomgold seeks to defeat Scrooge, and like Superman and Luthor the two are opposites sides of a moral coin. For godssakes, the introduction of Glomgold was a story titled “The Second-Richest Duck.”

Magica DeSpell, on the other hand, is more like Galactus. She hungers for the resource that sustains her, in her case being the dimes of the richest men on earth to meld into a powerful amulet. Scrooge himself is a means to an end. Her attempts to get the dime have both incorporated and avoided Scrooge completely. Scrooge is incidental to acquiring the dime.

I don’t even see an argument here. DeSpell wants to rob Scrooge; Glomgold wants to destroy and humiliate him. Only one of them comes close to the Luthor profile.

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What about Rockerduck?

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So… has there ever been a comic where Glomgold and Scrooge agree to write the other into their wills and then fight to the death so the loser gets all their combined money?

And if not, why the hell not?

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Justin: For what it’s worth Glomgold is the final boss of the second Duck Tales game and Magica doesn’t appear.

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