American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

LaGuardia was obviously very tempted by Colin's campaign ideas.

Therefore, the day after the meeting, he announced his campaign policies through the mayoral campaign headquarters in New York, promising to severely crack down on corruption and organized crime in New York, and to pursue the corruption and malpractice of Tammany Hall. Build public housing to improve housing conditions in slum areas.

LaGuardia's straight-ball campaigning style naturally aroused dissatisfaction among many people, including those within the Democratic Party, and the strongest reaction was from Tammany Hall.

After all, the other party has already stated by name that they will thoroughly investigate the abuses of Tammany Hall.

On the same day, Tammany Hall issued a statement, saying that this was a false accusation and an "ugly trick" done by LaGuardia for the New York mayoral campaign. Tammany Hall has been working hard to improve the political ecology and economic problems of New York City, and LaGuardia's threat will not make LaGuardia retreat.

At the same time, LaGuardia also pointed out in the statement that as a Republican congressman, LaGuardia undoubtedly supports Hoover's policies. Once he becomes mayor, the entire New York will fall into the disaster of the second 'Great Depression' - —'Men and women will lose their jobs and become homeless on the streets. ’

“There is no Republican way to clean up trash!”

This was LaGuardia's response in the extra issue of the Courier Daily that afternoon.

“What New York City needs is to make changes to the poor security and corruption we see now, instead of arguing about who is a Democrat and who is a Republican. Jimmy Walker is the mayor of New York City elected by the Democratic Party, but he is the mayor of New York City. What has come to this city, severe corruption and a lot of mess, the Democrats have been in New York long enough, it's time for someone else to give it a try, there is no dedicated Republican way of cleaning up the trash, same thing New York City is not incapable of being Democratic..."

"What we are discussing here is not who has contributed to New York, but the need for a new mayor who can truly change New York's current economic security!"

In the newspaper, LaGuardia used a tough attitude to express his firm determination to run for mayor of New York.

At the same time, the release of this news also means that the Courier Daily, represented by Colin, has officially joined the mayoral election campaign.

Everyone can see that in this time's New York mayoral race, the Courier newspaper stands behind the Republican LaGuardia.

Later, "World Journal" pointed out in an editorial: "LaGuardia is just a theoretician who can talk nonsense. He didn't have anything to show for it when he was a member of the House of Representatives. Why should you believe that such a person can serve as a representative of the House of Representatives?" Great mayor of New York City, he may be the 'next Hoover' of New York City."

During the Great Depression, Hoover had clearly become a negative label in Republican campaigns.

It is a general consensus in society that everyone hates Hoover.

In this process, Colin's "The Courier Daily" more or less played a role in fueling the flames.

Faced with the news comments from the World Journal, the Daily Courier also countered not to be outdone: "Choosing the Democratic Party is equivalent to choosing Tammany Hall!"

On one side is the incompetent next Hoover, on the other is corrupt Tammany Hall.

It seems that no matter what the New Yorkers choose, there is no hope at all.

The real New York mayoral race is still some time away, even later than the presidential election.

Therefore, the current dispute between the two parties is still only in the stage of war of words in the media.

The Courier Daily, while expressing support for Mayor LaGuardia's candidacy, also expressed its opposition to Hoover's re-election campaign without mercy: "We don't have a chicken in the pot, we don't even have a pot!"

This was a slogan that became widely circulated by the Daily Courier.

The content was a mockery of Hoover's presidential campaign promise: "Every American has a chicken in the pot and a car in every house."

Hoover obviously did not expect that his promise would be shattered by the Great Depression.

This slogan adapted by the Courier Daily not only reminded the public of the promises made by Hoover at that time, but also gave them an outlet to vent their more dissatisfaction with the Great Depression.

The Courier Daily also took advantage of the craze of the election to successfully develop from a cartoon newspaper that was criticized before to one with credibility and authority.

This is undoubtedly a good development direction for a newspaper.

Of course, in addition to reporting on political and social news, Colin also did not forget the arrangement of the serialization of "Superman".

In the "Daily Courier" published every day, he would intersperse short comic strips to remind readers of Superman.

At the same time, Superman's popularity continues to be consolidated through long-form serials every Wednesday and weekend.

For example, in the latest weekend series, a new villain appears.

Louise: "Clark, I'm a little nervous..."

Clark: "Don't worry too much, Louise, just treat this as an ordinary long-distance trip."

Louise: "But this time we are going to outer space."

At the beginning of the story, Lois and Clark became experiencers in an experimental manned rocket, heading to outer space with other members.

Although the technology of manned spacecraft had not yet been developed during this period, the fantasy of spaceflight had already been taking shape for a long time. As early as the end of the 19th century, Russian scientist Tsiolkovsky published a science fiction article called "On the Moon" to introduce his space theory.

In his early papers on manned spaceflight, he also described in detail the entire process of a manned spacecraft from launch to orbit, making readers who read his writings feel as if they had witnessed the spacecraft landing in the sky. This is actually true. It is also an advanced imagination of manned spaceflight.

Of course, in comics, the whole process is more concise and clear.

Colin only used the content of two frames to describe the scene of Superman and Lois flying out of space in a spaceship.

In the serialized plot, with just one grid jump, the spaceship flew over 10,000 miles in the air, breaking various records.

But somehow, the animals on the rocket became restless, and then the pilots on the spacecraft couldn't help but exclaimed when they discovered that a pink UFO was emitting some kind of rays at them.

Lois: "What's wrong, Clark?"

Clark: "Nothing, maybe a little dizzy."

The super hearing heard the pilot's exclamation. Clark used his clairvoyance ability to see that everything that happened in the flying object was caused by a green-skinned alien and his white pet monkey named Koko, and that The aliens mistakenly thought that the rocket was sent by the earth to stop them.

The appearance of aliens plunged the entire spacecraft into chaos.

Clark also pretended to be panicked and took his spacesuit and supersonic jet to escape back to Earth.

The next second Clark jumped out of the spaceship wearing a space suit, he changed into Superman behind a small meteorite to fight off the UFO.

Superman: "Is this helmet troublesome? Maybe I can..."

After putting on his uniform, Superman, who was wearing a helmet, felt that his vision was a little blocked. Then he took a deep breath, took off his helmet and held his breath in the universe.

Flying in front of the flying object, Superman wanted to stop the opponent's bow and arrow, but found that there was a force field protecting the aircraft, making it difficult for him to get close for a while.

Seeing this, Superman didn't hesitate and immediately turned to the rocket where Lois was and used his super speed to push the rocket out of the range of the ray.

After seeing this scene, the alien in the flying object was not angry. Instead, he said that he had other plans for the earth.

Then, in later stories, we saw that this bald green-skinned alien picked up a tube in the flying object and inflated many bottles. Then he turned on some kind of sight, pointed it at Paris, and pressed After pressing the button in his hand, Paris in this cartoon was enveloped in orange light.

In the distance, an American plane bound for Paris approached, only to find that Paris as a symbol was missing.

Pilot: "OMG, Paris is gone!"

Alien: "Very good, nice building, very earthy."

At the same time, the alien on the other side looked at Paris in the bottle, with a satisfied smile on his green-skinned face. It turns out that the force field released by the aliens shrank Paris and sucked it into a bottle prepared in advance

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Superman was slowly sending the rocket back to Earth in space. Suddenly, with his super vision, he discovered that Paris on Earth was missing. Then he saw the mysterious green-skinned alien in the alien flying object facing him in the suit. Paris in a bottle.

At the same time, this comic strip also explains the origin of this mysterious alien.

It turns out that this alien planet has suffered a catastrophe, and now he wants to pack up the great cities of the earth and transport them back to rebuild the mother planet so that he can rule it himself.

Seeing the scene of aliens constantly collecting the city, Superman was anxious, but he also felt helpless that he could not break through the man's force field.

During this period, the aliens in the flying objects successively collected many cities through their own devices.

Alien: "Yes, Venice. I like water. What is this, a strange animal without a nose? And what is this long building?"

On the one hand, the aliens are constantly shrinking various cities and buildings on the earth. On the other hand, these cities have oxygen supply to ensure the survival of people. At this time, the aliens on the flying object suddenly had a whim. He looked into the bottle. city, suddenly wanted to test whether the Manhattan Bridge was strong.

Then, under the gaze of Superman.

The alien picked up a stick and stuck it through the mouth of the bottle, shaking it slightly at the Manhattan Bridge. The solid bridge showed no resistance in the alien's hands and was instantly twisted into a weird shape.

Alien: "It looks like the Manhattan Bridge is not as strong as imagined."

Looking at the vulnerable Manhattan Bridge in the bottle, the alien said with some disappointment.

Meanwhile, Superman in outer space saw the alien taking out other buildings from the bottle to study.

It stopped its spacecraft, allowed cosmic rays to charge it, and at the same time flew out of the spacecraft and began to move in outer space.

Superman: "Now!"

Seeing this scene, Superman quickly found the opportunity to fly towards the alien, hoping to defeat it and rescue the person in the bottle while the other party had no stance to protect him. Unexpectedly, the alien had a portable stance. The heat ray emitted by Superman's eyes bounced back, almost accidentally injuring himself.

In desperation, Superman could only throw the stone cone at the alien, but the stone cone was obviously useless. Instead, Superman was laughed at by the alien named Brainiac.

Seeing this, Superman used his powerful power to throw larger and larger rocks at Brainiac and his spaceship again and again, until the entire planet was used up.

Brainiac: "Haha, it's useless. Your attacks can't even hurt me."

But even so, Brainiac, protected by his position, still did not suffer any harm. For this reason, he laughed at Superman's useless efforts.

Superman: "I'm not breathing enough!"

Seeing that his attacks had no effect and that he was starting to lack oxygen, Superman had to choose to leave. Brynick kept taunting him as he watched his flying back.

All this was seen by Lois on a nearby spaceship, and Lois was surprised that Superman would take the initiative to escape during the battle.

In this way, the rocket returned to Earth. Louise hurried back to the Courier Journal to write the story just now. She happened to meet Superman who had also returned to Earth and transformed into Clark, and told him about it.

Clark: "Lois, I'm so lucky that nothing happened to you. I contacted them immediately after I returned to Earth to rescue you."

"Green Gourd Sword Fairy"

Lois: "Now is not the time to discuss the spaceship, Clark. We are in danger. Aliens are about to attack the earth. We must prepare immediately."

Clark: "Preparation, what preparation?"

Louise: "Just telling everyone to..."

Just as Louise was describing what she saw in the universe, suddenly the building next to the Courier Daily began to shake, and then Clark pointed to the huge tweezers outside and exclaimed.

Clark: "What's that?"

Louise: "It's too late!"

Seeing this scene, Louise felt desperate. It turned out that Metropolis had been collected by Brainiac unknowingly, and the scene in the sky made Louise decide that even Superman could not save them. .

On the other side, Superman disguised as Clark didn't think so. He escaped in a sheep disguise in space. In fact, he was waiting for Brainiac to collect Metropolis. Only in this way could he enter the spaceship.

Superman changed back into his own clothes and tried to escape from the bottle, but he flew out before he could.

Brainiac in the spaceship used a particularly hard metal to plug the mouth of the bottle containing the metropolis.

Peng——

Superman: "What is this?"

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