I was having a conversation with VirginiaR about Mxyzptlk (primarily the Byrne forward variety, not the Golden/Silver/Bronze Age one which seemed to be a bit more vindictive) and I thought I might move it to it's own topic post.
In the New52 there is a suggestion that Mxyzptlk was killed (it doesn't mean we won't meet him still, it just means that the version we'd be meeting is a past version of him.) The other thing suggested is that he had created a universe that won him the role as the official court jester in the 5th dimension court and the hand of Ms. Nyxly (his widow in Action #15.)
My speculation is that he created a world where Superman and Lois marry and create a new Golden Age. This world was altered irrevocably when Mxy's nemesis (Vyndtvx) killed Mxy and is (currently) in the process of (trying, will he succeed? We don't know yet) killing Superman.
Now hear me out on this. In the months leading up to Lois and Clark's marriage (in the comics, when they were trying to realign the TV and comics for a special Wedding Album)
they had Mxyzptlk show up again. He was shocked that the two of them were actually not engaged (or married) and went on much as a major fan of the pairing might about how great the two of them were together.
Lois was not amused.
Mxy later shows up in the Wedding Album as well to congratulate them on getting married.
After they were married he shows up again (around 2006 or so) to give them a glimpse of what life might be like for them with a biological child (Adventures of Superman #638 for those curious.) It is this story that has given (comicbook) shippers the rally cry "We Live in Hope."
What do people think of Mxy and what do you think that might mean in the future?
