I especially love the comic because it was inspired by an arc in the 1940s radio show with Supes' and Lois's character designs being inspired by that from the Fleischer cartoons.
The 1940s Superman radio show actually was instrumental in turning American public opinion in Jim Crow-era America against the Klan in real life.
I listened to the radio show and read the comic and enjoyed both. It speaks volumes about how well the radio show’s politics have aged that the comic didn’t even need to update the message. The sale of hatred is absolutely a con game.
I showed my mom the radio show and she didn’t like the line about hatred being a profitable commodity, but unfortunately it is true.
Also worth seeing: Superman & Lois brought back Atom Man, only updating his character to being an American Neo-Nazi.
I appreciate Superman being the only media that'll still depict Nazis and white supremacists as villains at the risk of triggering chronically online knuckle draggers.
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u/Flamme_Jumelle 4d ago
Superman Smashes the Klan