American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

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The long-awaited heavy rain fell, and the whole of New York was instantly flooded by rain.

The sudden heavy rain caused the whole street to fall into chaos. The man pushing the apple cart took off his clothes and covered the apples, scrambling to find the eaves to shelter from the rain. The homeless man who was half-dressed huddled in the corner, but was still soaked by the heavy rain.

The continuous rain covered everything on the street like a layer of rain and fog.

Colin came to the door of the newspaper office with an umbrella.

Clang——

"Good morning, sir."

With the sound of the door being pushed open, Little John handed over the handkerchief he had prepared in advance.

"Good morning, Little John."

Handing the umbrella in his hand to the other party, Colin took off his hat and coat, took the handkerchief and wiped the rain off his body, and entered the newspaper office.

"It's been a long time since New York has had such heavy rain."

After putting away the umbrella and leaning it against the door, Little John took a look at the rain outside and said with a sigh.

This heavy rain came so fast and hard that it didn't give people time to react at all.

"Fortunately, you mentioned to bring an umbrella."

Otherwise, with this heavy rain, you would get soaked after walking a few steps.

"It's really lucky."

Putting the handkerchief to dry it by the stove with the residual heat, Colin smiled when he heard Little John's words.

Of course, the reality is not as lucky as Little John said.

In fact, this heavy rain came very suddenly, and even Colin didn't realize it until he was halfway through.

Fortunately, [Super Speed] was powerful enough to get the umbrella without him getting too wet.

After wiping the rain off his face and feeling the wetness on his body, Colin, who was sitting in front of the office, had an idea.

The ability of [Super Housework] was activated instantly, making the wet clothes look brand new.

This ability, originally designed for cleaning, is surprisingly useful in personal hygiene.

Feeling the wetness disappear, Colin's mouth curled slightly and he looked at the newspaper on the table.

The difference between the positive and negative worlds caused Colin's behavior patterns to be different.

Compared with the developed information that is readily available in the negative world, he can only collect the information he needs through newspapers in the Great Depression.

Therefore, opening the newspaper every morning has become Colin's fixed daily routine in this world.

"... Affected by the fluctuation of steel prices, Stutz Motor Company declared bankruptcy. This is also the sixteenth automobile manufacturing company to declare bankruptcy during the Great Depression."

During the Great Depression, the automobile industry suffered an unprecedented decline. When people had problems with even the most basic food and clothing, they naturally had no spare money to buy new cars.

Not only the automobile industry, but also the locomotive industry was greatly affected. In the 1920s, the average sales of the industry was 600 locomotives per year, which was a good number for a small manufacturing industry. However, in 1932, only one locomotive was sold in the whole year.

Such a huge gap is just a microcosm of the American manufacturing industry.

Flipping the newspaper in his hand, Colin's eyes fell on the report on the political page after skipping the economic page.

Like the wailing economic page, the report on the political page is also full of pessimistic speculations. The nomination in the Democratic Party is fierce. Although Roosevelt has won the support of most party members, Al Smith, a candidate from the same party, does not seem to support Roosevelt as an opponent.

In fact, in many newspapers, Al Smith openly opposed Roosevelt's campaign platform, believing that his campaign was a disaster for the Democratic Party and that he was handing over the presidency to his opponent.

"The Democratic Party has already cast its abstention vote in advance!"

"Hoover cheered in the White House, and the people wailed in Hoover Village..."

The newspaper industry did not like Hoover, but the nomination of the Democratic Party did not give them any hope.

Although, the media newspapers were full of pessimistic thoughts.

But at least for Colin, this is good news. Once Roosevelt successfully stands out from the party nomination, the next presidential election will be a foregone conclusion.

The reason why he is so sure is not because Roosevelt is so popular during this period, but because Hoover is so annoying.

In fact, if we only look at the election situation.

The 1932 election seems to be very similar to a later election, both of which choose a less annoying leader from two candidates.

During the Great Depression, the American people made a "correct" choice in a sense, but unfortunately, their choice may not be so "correct" one day in the future.

Scanning the newspaper in his hand, as the election day approaches, most of the news on the newspaper pages have become election campaign news.

Newspapers that lean towards the Republican Party criticize the Democratic Party for its weakness, while newspapers that lean towards the Democratic Party accuse the Republican Party of incompetence and make the whole country a mess.

The confrontation between the parties became more intense during the Great Depression, and the media played a decisive role in this.

Everyone knows that only opposition can be a topic of conversation.

Closing the newspaper in his hand, Colin sorted out the information he had obtained in his mind.

In the positive world, although [Super Brain Power] was restricted, it could still bring him a lot of help.

As the various information in his mind was sorted out, an inspiration suddenly emerged in his mind.

Turning over one of the newspapers in front of him, Colin's eyes fell on a stock information in the economic section.

"...Affected by the market, the stock of the ninth largest oil company in the United States, the Seaside Union Oil Company, continued to plummet. The overall stock price has fallen by 90%, and the price per share is less than 3 US dollars..."

Oil and automobiles are themselves linked industries. The recession and shrinkage of the automobile industry have also affected oil companies.

Especially at the beginning of this year, two tycoons committed suicide one after another.

On March 12, Swedish match king Yinval Kroying committed suicide in a hotel in Paris. Two days later, George Yinsman of Yinsman Kodak also jumped into the sea in Rochester to end his life.

The deaths of these two people have caused a chaotic impact on the entire stock market.

This is an extremely clever opportunity. Everyone can't see the situation clearly because of the chaotic financial situation. It is a good time to enter the market.

At present, through the serialization of "Superman" and the manufacture of peripheral products, he has accumulated a considerable fortune.

The steady and steady way is naturally to continue to invest this fortune in the development of the newspaper industry.

However, Colin does not seem to think so.

In this era, the means of accumulating wealth are not only comic serialization.

...

"Sir, I have finished coloring."

Jacob's voice sounded in his ears, pulling Colin's thoughts back to the newspaper office.

"You did a good job, Jacob."

Reaching out to take the draft in Jacob's hand, taking a look at the content on it, Colin said with a smile.

Although other ideas emerged in his mind, Colin did not ignore "Superman", the foundation of his foothold during the Great Depression.

The comics colored by Jacob are the latest serialized content of the weekend "Messenger".

The story continues the plot of "Metropolitan Association", telling the story of Superman and the three super villains, the Prank King, the Toyman and Luther, fighting.

In this plot, the "Metropolitan Association" formed by the three people made a brilliant appearance.

This first evil group in the history of superhero comics had a profound impact on the subsequent development of superhero comics.

In the serialization of the comics, the three-person group headed by the Prank King also brought great trouble to Superman.

In the story, the Prank King appeared first. He distributed free radios all over Metropolis. Because of the free relationship, many uninformed people took these radios home. At first, these radios seemed to have no problems, and some people who turned on the radios were also using them normally.

Until the evening, the Prank King changed the frequency of the radio. The special frequency emitted from the radio had a hypnotic effect on the audience. In one night, the people of Metropolis became babies with a mind of only two or three years old under hypnosis.

Superman: "What is this?"

When Superman noticed this phenomenon, more than a thousand citizens of Metropolis had been hypnotized by the radio into babies.

Looking at these citizens who had adult bodies but kept playing and crying like children, even Superman felt a headache.

What made Superman feel helpless was that even Lois was affected by the hypnosis of the radio.

Superman: "Louise, you definitely don't want to see this."

Louise: "Wow, wow, wow..."

Looking at the adult babies all over the city, just when Superman was embarrassed, suddenly a large number of toy armies appeared on the streets of Metropolis. Attracted by these toys, the adult babies in Metropolis were taken away by these toy armies.

Superman: "Toys, this reminds me of someone."

Looking at these toy armies that can move freely, Superman immediately thought of the toy man who had fought with him before, and he hid his Superman costume. Following the footsteps of these adult babies, they came to their destination, a huge amusement park.

This is an amusement park made entirely of toys. All kinds of toys fill the entire amusement park. Even Superman, who came to the scene, couldn't help but sigh.

Superman: "If I had so many toys when I was a child."

Amid Superman's exclamation, the toy man appeared on the toy train. He looked at the many citizens in the amusement park and laughed triumphantly.

Toyman: "Haha, welcome to my paradise."

Superman: "It's the toyman."

Looking at the toyman who appeared on the toy train, Superman thought.

Toyman: "Come out, Superman! I know you're in there."

Just as Superman was thinking, the toyman spoke out his hidden identity.

Seeing his hidden identity exposed, Superman showed up without hesitation, showing his iconic outfit and looking at the toyman and said: "So, you did all this, toyman?"

Toyman: "No, it's not just me."

Faced with Superman's questioning, the toyman immediately answered: "It's the 'Metropolitan Association'!"

Superman: "Metropolitan Association, what is that?"

In Superman's confusion, members of the Metropolitan Association appeared, and the Prankster and Luthor also appeared in the playground.

Looking at the three people in front of him, Superman understood immediately.

The colored comic plot also stayed on the scene of Superman and the "Metropolitan Association" confronting each other.

…

'Metropolitan Association' was Colin's first attempt to integrate a long plot into Superman's comics.

This was a very common plot arrangement later, and even a superhero plot serialization could be as long as dozens of comics, but it was obviously a rare design in this period.

Especially in the comics, the appearance of various characters and the arrangement of large scenes.

For Jacob, who was responsible for coloring, it was a very headache problem. After all, the printing of comics in this era was far less convenient than in later generations.

In order to enable the newspaper's four-color rotary printing machine to present the colors of the comics, Jacob took the trouble to distribute the color order for the drawings, especially the one with the most characters, which took Jacob a whole morning to arrange the colors to ensure that the effect of the newspaper printing later would not be connected.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period, Jacob..."

Putting down the colored draft in his hand gently, Colin looked at Jacob, who was tired, and said casually.

"Not only do you have to color the comics, but you also have to create new comics for the "Courier Comics". Maybe after this period of time, you can find some time to rest."

"This is what I should do, sir."

Hearing the word "rest", the tiredness in Jacob's eyes suddenly dissipated, and he quickly spoke.

"I don't need a rest!"

During the Great Depression, rest was not a good word.

Jacob's previous work at the "World Journal" ended because of "rest".

"Don't be too nervous, Jacob."

Facing Jacob's fierce resistance, Colin said with a bit of a smile.

"This is a real rest, not what you think."

"Sir, I know, but I really don't need a rest."

Even though Colin had assured him, Jacob didn't seem to believe it, and just kept saying, "I still have a lot of work to do. The comics on the "Courier Comics" are almost finished, and the coloring of the "Superman" series also needs me to do it..."

Giving so many examples, Jacob seemed to want Colin to know that he could do a lot of work.

"Okay, since you insist."

Seeing that Jacob repeatedly refused his request for rest, Colin no longer forced it, but just shook his head helplessly.

This phenomenon of workers refusing to rest may also be unique to the Great Depression.

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