Killing the JLA, or, How Are These People Still Alive?

[Aotrs Commander]

A better question would be to reverse it and ask why the heck the super-villains are still alive.

Given the PLETHORA of government dity-black ops secret organisations, dubious super-solider programs and organisations of dubious "ends justifies the means/answers to no-one" organisations... You have to ask why no-one has ever used a few of those resources to, instead of get in the superheroes' way have someone put a sniper bullet in Lex Luthor/the Joker/Poison Ivy (etc etc). (Okay, maybe in the middle case it might not work, but it'd work on a fair number of villains, would it not? At leats worth a try, right?)

Just because the JLA have a general "don't kill" policy doesn't mean everyone else has to, especially for all them government workers and whatnot. Hell, killing the supervillains off or at least making a spirited attempt makes MORE sense than someone trying to off the superheroes, since it's actually in the public interest, not just in the mind of some criminal/jealous nutcase who doesn't like the idea of not being able to solve crime himself/politician who feels threatened by their power (etc etc).

Yet no, every time we see something like Cadmus, it's getting into a genitalia sizing match with the superheroes if not outright Being Evil itself.