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The Five Worst Bosses in Comics

In recognition of Labor Day in the United States today, we’ve lined up a few work-themed pieces to […]
Amanda Waller

In recognition of Labor Day in the United States today, we’ve lined up a few work-themed pieces to help us all through another one of those days where most people have the day off from work, but there’s almost nothing going on in the news to read about.And while it may be stretching it a bit to connect J. Jonah Jameson to a holiday celebrating the American worker and the labor movement, we’re going to do it anyway. Because comics.Anybody want to help organize a union at the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants?We fully acknowledge that there are many similar variations on these. Just because we point out one villainous boss’s tendency to kill their employees with impunity doesn’t mean there aren’t a dozen just like him. We’re just choosing the ones we feel are emblematic of different bad-boss archetypes (for example, Oliver Queen beats out Bruce Wayne since Ollie’s paychecks tend not to clear much more often than Bruce’s, although many other aspects of what makes them bad to work for are similar). We welcome your examples and disagreements in the comments below and on our Facebook page.

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