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   In the previous article, David Carson   wrote:   
   > >Billy Earheart, a piano player and organist for the Amazing Rhythm   
   > >Aces, has died. He was 71.   
   >   
   > Putting a superlative in your name makes me actively want to dislike   
   > you. We get to decide whether you're amazing, not you, so stop   
   > puffing yourself up. This goes for The Amazing Spiderman and The   
   > Incredible Hulk as well. And The Amazing Kreskin. It makes you all   
   > seem like sideshow magicians, like Magnifico the Great. You have to   
   > earn it.   
      
   I don't disagree with your gist, but none of those adjectives are   
   superlatives. "Most Amazing," "Most Incredible" and "Más Magnifico the   
   Greatest" would be the superlative forms.   
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