American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Inside the Courier, Colin digested the information he had read in the newspaper.

It was obvious that no one was optimistic about Roosevelt's candidacy.

Even Roosevelt himself was not optimistic about whether he could win the nomination from the Democratic Party.

So, this might be an opportunity.

Since the enactment of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890, more than 40 years of brewing, in this anti-monopoly environment, have made American newspapers form a strong regionality, forming a situation of one city and one newspaper. When it was impossible to occupy the national market, the newspaper industry began to compete with cities as the center.

Among them, although they are called local newspapers, many newspapers, especially those with large circulation, such as the World Journal, are more willing to be called major neer, that is, mainstream newspapers.

And there are also gaps between cities.

For example, the voices of newspapers in New York and Detroit are very different.

Not to mention that although mainstream newspapers take cities as their home, the radiation of their influence is not limited to cities. Especially in the face of major events, such as the Civil War or the presidential election, the power of newspapers or the media can completely influence the war and the changes in the election.

Especially in a capitalist society like the United States, the economy is always related to politics.

If Colin wants to develop his "Courier" to expand its influence and no longer be limited to New York City, then sooner or later he will have contact with Washington.

In this case, why not prepare early.

While silently thinking about the feasibility of the plan, Colin also knows that politics is a double-edged sword.

No one knows what will happen in the future.

Once the object you support fails, the team will face an extremely difficult situation next.

However, fortunately.

For others, this choice may have uncertain risks. If you are not careful, you may fall into the abyss, and even if you don't die, you will lose half your life. But for Colin, it is undoubtedly like an open-book exam, and the result of the answer is already clear in his mind.

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"Old John, I'll leave the rest to you. I need to go out for a while."

After collecting his thoughts, Colin took out his pocket watch and checked the time.

Then he said to Old John.

"Leave it to me, boss."

Hearing this, Old John, who was in front of the typesetting machine, raised his head, glanced at the situation in the newspaper office, and nodded in response.

Coming out of the newspaper office, Colin took the tram to the agreed location.

Although trams have gradually declined since the Great Depression, they are still an important means of transportation in the city during this period.

Since 1888, after Edison's technician Frank Sprague invented the electric locomotive, trams quickly became popular throughout the United States, ending the "horse-drawn streetcar era".

Since the 1990s, trams have become an important transportation hub in the city, and the tram era has begun.

However, just as the tram era ended the horse-drawn streetcar era.

The rise of buses eventually replaced trams.

However, in the early days of the decline of trams, the main alternative vehicles were trolleybuses, and passengers were not very receptive to buses. Many passengers thought that the exhaust gas emitted by buses was very smelly and that the speed was not as fast as that of trams.

But in many cases, the market is not dominated by the passengers' ideas.

Bad money drives out good money, which is the norm.

After paying a 5-cent ticket and getting off the tram, Colin followed the address to the destination of this trip.

At No. 2 West 52nd Street, New York, in front of an old brownstone house, the brownstone walls proved the long history of the building. The restaurant had iron railings on both sides, and at the door were statues of riders in colorful uniforms and lit red lanterns, and a brand new American flag was hung in front of the door.

The whole restaurant looked like there was nothing special.

However, Colin's [super hearing] could vaguely hear the noisy voices and fierce clashes of cups and bowls in the restaurant.

《Point Guard is Here》

"It should be here."

Looking up, Colin took a look at the name "Jack and Charlie" on the restaurant, and walked in.

"Sir, do you have an appointment?"

"This is a private restaurant, and only guests with appointments are welcome."

At the door of the restaurant, a man in a white shirt reached out and pulled Colin down, asking.

"Mr. Howard Hughes invited me here, tell him that Colin Luper has arrived."

Without showing too much surprise, Colin answered calmly.

After hearing the name Colin reported, the man gestured to his companion, who nodded and turned to go into the restaurant behind him.

A few minutes later, the other party came out of the restaurant with a waiter and nodded to the man.

"Sorry, sir, Mr. Howard Hughes is waiting for you inside. The internal structure of No. 21 is complicated, and we have arranged a special waiter to lead the way for you."

Seeing this, the man in a white shirt stepped aside and said to Colin.

No. 21.

Nodding, Colin passed by the man in the white shirt and silently recited the man's name.

"Mr. Colin Luper, welcome to Jack and Charlie's No. 21. Please follow me."

Inside the restaurant, the waiter introduced Colin with a smile on his face: "The dining place where Mr. Howard Hughes is is a little special, so you need to walk patiently for a while."

As he said, the waiter led Colin into the restaurant, where he could see guests enjoying the food.

However, the waiter's steps did not stop because of this. He took Colin through the restaurant and entered the busy kitchen, carefully reminding Colin to walk down a steep staircase, and then entered a closed dome structure basement.

At this time, the noise in Colin's ears became clearer.

In the basement of the restaurant, the waiter led Colin around for several circles. If it were other guests who entered the restaurant for the first time, they might have been confused.

After walking silently for a minute or two, the waiter stopped in front of a seemingly ordinary brick wall.

"We're here, sir."

Turning around and saying to Colin, the waiter took out a thin wire from his arms, inserted it into a pin-sized keyhole in the plaster under his gaze, and then leaned his shoulder against the wall and pushed hard.

The next second, accompanied by a heavy moving sound, a disguised door was slowly pushed on the tightly closed wall.

All kinds of noises accompanied by a strong smell of tobacco and alcohol rushed out, instantly enveloping Colin outside the door.

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