Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 140 Superman and Batman
"A copy of the Courier . . . "

Early Wednesday morning, New York, in front of the tram platform.

A customer took out a two-cent coin and bought a copy of the latest "Courier" of the day from a newsboy hawking along the street.

"Okay, sir."

Carefully putting away the coins, little Jimmy took out a copy from the thick newspaper in his arms and handed it to the guest in front of him.

At the same time, seeing this, the passers-by who were waiting for the transfer station seemed to lean over the newspapers they had bought from him.

Handing the newspaper tightly tied with a rope in his arms to the hands of the pedestrians in front of him, little Jimmy noticed the hesitant expressions in the eyes of the pedestrians around him.

Hastily shouted: "Extra, extra, the "Courier" exclusively exposed the mayor's bribery scandal!"

Hearing Little Jimmy's shout, some hesitant pedestrians also joined the queue to buy newspapers.

The mayor took bribes? !
"The "Courier" still reports this kind of thing, I thought it was a comic newspaper?"

Flipping through the newspaper in his hand, a guest muttered something.

"It's good, what scandal to report, wouldn't it be good to serialize more "Superman" comics?"

Of course, readers also have different views on this practice of the "Courier". Some people are surprised by this, but more readers don't care about it.They bought newspapers just to read the serialized content. As for the mayor's bribery and so on, that was a report that newspapers like "World Journal" would follow up on.

Looking at the newspaper, the serial content of "Superman" still occupies the most space.

Obviously, even after the mayor's bribery scandal was announced, the "Courier" still did not forget its "duty".

The plot of last weekend happened to be serialized to the first appearance of the mysterious man Batman.

Speculation and discussion about Batman (Batman) has been going on for a long time among readers.

Even Orson Welles radio hosts like "Air Mercury Theatre" have questioned. For this mysterious man in a bat uniform who hides his body in the dark, everyone is concerned about who he is and who has what kind of ability.

In the new series, this question has been partially answered.

……

Looking at the mysterious man in the shadows, Superman showed a surprised expression on his face.

Superman: "Batman?!"

Superman: "Are you the mysterious man from Gotham City?"

Batman: "It's me."

While speaking, Batman stepped out of the shadows, revealing his own bat-like mask and huge black cape, and of course the huge bat mark on his chest.

In designing the shape of Batman, Colin referred to his most classic image, which is black and gray, and made notes on Batman's voice in the comics.

"It was a very special sound, as low as the collision of metal and with a unique feeling. Superman could hear that it was a sound changed by a special device."

Batman, who emerged from the shadows, asked Superman's purpose in Gotham City.

Batman: "Tell me, Superman, why you came to Gotham."

Superman: "I heard about the mysterious man, so I want to come over to see the situation."

Batman: "Now that you've seen it, you can leave the city."

When the two met for the first time, Batman didn't seem to welcome Superman's arrival.However, the situation soon changed. Gotham City Police Chief James Gordon asked for help and projected a bat light over Gotham City.

Superman: "What's that?"

Batman: "Batlight!"

Superman: "Batlight? What's the use?"

Batman: "Send a message."

Superman: "Send the message, to whom?"

Batman: "Me!"

Superman: "Don't you have an easier way?"

Batman: "..."

Because of the appearance of the bat light, both Superman and Batman rushed towards the location of Director James Gordon. During this period, Batman also showed his unique Batmobile, a means of transportation.

Coming to the location of James Gordon, Batman and Superman learned from each other about a murder in Gotham City. A mysterious rich man died at home, and the police could not find out who the murderer was.

In subsequent investigations, Batman discovered many suspicious points, including that the mysterious rich man seemed to be related to the government of Gotham City before his death, and just before the death of the rich man, there happened to be a newspaper that published a corrupt report in Gotham City. rumor.

Superman: "This is, the news I published in the "Daily Courier" before?"

With Batman's investigation, Superman also noticed the problem, and found that the death of the mysterious rich man was actually related to his report in the "Messenger Daily".

Because of the death of a mysterious rich man, Superman and Batman cooperated. They investigated the cause of each other's death and finally found the murderer, who happened to be a city government official who was exposed as corrupt. Regal, one of the parties, shut up.

When the murderer who shot the rich man was found, Batman and Superman split into two groups. Batman was in charge of the murderer who shot the rich man. Government officials, Superman stopped the small plane in mid-air, and handed over the government officials who were behind the murders to Director James Gordon.

For Batman in this period, Colin obviously didn't give him the clear rules of not shooting or killing people in the future.

Because during the Great Depression, no one would expect such a thing. In this era of frequent crimes, people expect evil to be rewarded with evil, and all criminals will be brought to justice.

Therefore, Batman in the comics has never been soft on criminals.

Fighting criminals together, Superman has a new understanding of Batman, the mysterious man in Gotham City, and believes that his existence can bring better results to Gotham City.After the cooperation ended, Superman reincarnated as Clark and left Gotham City by train and returned to Metropolis.

Edit: "Kent, have I brought your investigation to fruition?"

Superman: "Actually, I already wrote the report."

EDIT: "You're doing great, Kent, it's amazing how superhero stories are always in the news wherever you are!"

The next day, a story titled 'Batman, Gotham City's Superhero' made the front page of the Metropolitan Daily Courier.

At the same time, Gotham City on the other side.

In the huge Wayne family's castle, Bruce Wayne saw the report published by Superman, and beside him, Batman's hood was placed on the table impressively.

It turns out that Bruce Wayne, the rich man in Gotham City, is Batman!
　Thanks for the reward of 3000 starting coins from the heart of nothingness.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)