How 'Superman Smashes The Klan' reconnects Superman to his immigrant roots

"One of the things that drew me back to Superman was realizing that he was an immigrant from Krypton.

Like, all of those things: vacillating between two different identities, having two different names, having two different sets of cultural expectations. All of the realities of my childhood, all of it was encoded in Superman - The core of Superman is that he's an immigrant from Krypton."gives the story a real-life connection as well. In 1946, Superman's most popular home was the radio serial,radio show. In the summer of that year, Superman was battling against the Ku Klux Klan.

Activist Stetson Kennedy provided KKK details, code words, and secrets to the radio show, which would in-turn expose those secrets nationwide to listeners. The series was said to negatively impacted the KKK's recruitment efforts among youths at the time.launched October 16, with its final issue released on Wednesday.

A poignant moment in the story comes when a member of the Klan is cheerful of Superman's powers, taking it as a sign of white supremacy. This ultimately is the catalyst for Superman to reveal himself as an alien to the rest of the world, unashamed of not being a human. Yang takes extra time and effort to flesh out Superman's youth in this issue, providing new layers to his origin story, including iconic powers he would eventually have.

EHTcomics Based on a 1940s radio show. I wrote my commentary months ago:

Does he qualify as a dreamer?

The Superman Smashes the Klan graphic novel (collects all three issues) comes out in May! Gurihiru thedcnation DCComics

Looks boring + gay.

Gay

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