That’s a common complaint and I certainly agree. I have been trying to think of a good Valerian in the spirit of the comics but I haven’t found a good option. I am probably missing something obvious, but the whole dynamic of the character doesn’t seem to be all that common in Hollywood. He is both this dedicated, hypercompetent spatio-temporal agent, literally a champion of Earth in the issue shown above, and the butt of the joke much of the time (and aware of it).
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