No, of course his real name isn’t Midas. That’s the name the reporters came up with to make a catchy headline, and it just sort of stuck.
He’s not a bad guy, my Mikey. He always had the ability to change other metals into gold, and mostly he just used it as a party trick, to impress the other children, you know? But he went to business school, and I guess one thing led to another… money being the root of all evil, you know, and gold the worst of it.
It’s the gold committing these crimes, not my Mikey.
Author’s Note: If your kid started getting called a supervillain, you probably wouldn’t be too happy, either.
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