American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"What, Batman's true identity is actually a rich man!"

Looking at the Bruce Wayne who lived in the magnificent castle in the "Courier", it turned out to be the Batman who fought criminals with Superman.

Readers couldn't help but exclaim.

They had already anticipated all the identities of Batman, including that he was an alien creature like Superman, but they never expected that Batman would be a native Gotham City rich man.

Moreover, in the serialized comics, it was specially marked that Bruce Wayne was a famous playboy in Gotham City and had always lived a luxurious life of luxury.

Why did such a rich man transform into Batman to fight the evil crimes in Gotham City?

For a time, readers had a lot of curiosity about Batman's past.

The latest serialized "Superman" comics, although they solved some of their doubts, added more curiosity that they didn't have before.

Some readers, curiously, turned the pages of the newspaper again, trying to find some clues.

But more readers turned the pages and looked at the latest reports.

In the serialized "Superman" comics, Batman and Superman cooperated to uncover the corruption in Gotham City.

In reality, the "Courier" also published the news of the New York mayor's bribery in this issue of the newspaper. If there is no connection between the two, it is obviously not convincing enough.

In the social section after the serialization, the "Courier" carefully published the results of John Jr.'s investigation.

"…Recently, the Courier received a report that a businessman who should have been in prison was released by the police. After the reporter launched an investigation, he accidentally discovered that this businessman had a close relationship with the senior officials of the New York City government, and involved the scandal of senior officials of the New York police and several police officers suspected of accepting bribes from this businessman. The bribes included improperly accepting football tickets and luxury trips abroad given by the businessman."

"In addition, the investigation also found that this case is inseparable from the current New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker."

"In the subsequent reporter investigation, it was found that the corruption involved in the senior officials of the city government was not only this one. In fact, many corruptions were related to them, including the previous street light replacement plan and road maintenance, which involved improper corruption and connections."

The newspaper listed various corruptions in the New York City government.

Seeing these contents, even readers who originally bought the newspaper because of "Superman" could not help but express dissatisfaction.

Even because of the serialized content, they felt more deeply.

"Why, there is no Batman and Superman in the real New York City, just shoot these corrupt guys!"

Affected by the Great Depression, people's income generally decreased.

That is why they are more indignant when they see these government officials getting more improper income through corruption.

These guys, instead of helping the poor people, put a lot of money into their pockets.

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"Where did our money go?!"

That night, the host in charge of current affairs asked a question on the radio program.

And the report he read on the radio was exactly the mayor's bribery scandal published in the Courier.

"LaGuardia, read the news!"

At the same time, in the Republican Party.

LaGuardia also got the Courier newspaper from the congressman of the same party.

"This is an opportunity!"

Looking at the content published in the Courier, LaGuardia immediately made a judgment.

"Wait a minute?!"

"The Courier? Colin Luper!"

Then, he looked at the newspaper in his hand, and Colin's figure immediately appeared in his mind.

In the later conversation with Hughes, LaGuardia already knew the connection between Colin and the Courier, and the other party happened to be the owner of this newspaper.

"So, is this your confidence?"

Holding the newspaper in his hand, LaGuardia murmured in a voice that no one could hear.

Then, he quickly gathered his thoughts.

No matter what the reason, for LaGuardia who planned to participate in the New York mayoral election, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Soon, Republican congressmen led by LaGuardia questioned New York Mayor Jimmy Walker.

Under the operation of the Republican Party, Jimmy Walker's bribery scandal quickly became a national issue, and they went a step further and questioned Jimmy Walker's campaign.

Facing the targeted reports of the Courier and the aggressive attitude of LaGuardia and others, New York Mayor Jimmy Walker immediately fought back and did not admit that he had anything to do with bribery.

Then, newspapers in New York City also questioned Colin's Courier, believing that the fairness of the newspaper needed to be confirmed.

"We all know that the news of the Courier has no gold content. In fact, many people in the newspaper industry call it a comic newspaper."

The Courier quickly responded to the doubts.

Two days later, on Friday, the Courier published the news in a special issue.

It accused Locke, the newspaper publisher and the target of the Courier's questioning, of giving a bribe of $246,000 to Mayor Jimmy Walker during his campaign.

Although Locke denied the idea that he donated the money for a return at the first time, it was clear that the public did not believe such a statement.

Because the Courier published more accurate news than before, and the oppression from Washington, this series of rumors about municipal corruption prompted the state legislature to establish the Hofstadt Special Investigation Committee.

New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt, who was seeking support from the party, had to come forward and respond to this.

This was a difficult problem for Roosevelt. Once he could not handle Jimmy Walker's problem, even if he passed the party's primary election, he could not convince the public to vote for him.

Therefore, in the face of the New York mayor's bribery scandal, Roosevelt summoned Jimmy Walker to Albany as soon as possible to explain the source of money, and when the news came from the media, the governor also used a stern attitude to ask him to dismiss him for review.

When Colin saw the media's report on the dismissal, he knew that the matter was done.

Roosevelt has already made the cut. Considering the upcoming presidential election, the Democratic Party will obviously not do too much to defend Jimmy Walker to avoid this incident from affecting the subsequent election.

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