Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 223 General Zod
"...Who are you going to support, Hoover or Roosevelt?"

"Actually, I'm not going to support either, neither of them seem like guys who can solve the problem."

"If you have to choose, I think Roosevelt still has some possibilities. After all, Hoover has proved that he is a complete disaster. As long as he is a normal person, he will not be allowed to continue."

"About Roosevelt, to be honest, I don't know much about it. Looking at him in a wheelchair, I doubt that he is a puppet at all. After all, it is difficult for him to stand up, let alone be a president..."

At six o'clock in the morning, at the door of the Courier newspaper, everyone began to discuss the upcoming presidential election.

With the strong atmosphere of the election, everyone's topic began to drift towards the general election unconsciously.

Judging from the current development situation, Roosevelt has obvious advantages, and he himself may have various shortcomings, especially the appearance of sitting in a wheelchair has become the focus of attacks by the Republican Party.

In this regard, Roosevelt also made a rebuttal. As soon as he was determined to run as the Democratic presidential candidate, he made a statement in a public speech: "A president is not necessarily an acrobat. We did not choose him because he Being able to do forward rolls or back rolls, what he is doing is mental work, and he is trying to find ways to benefit the people."

At the same time, Roosevelt also announced his campaign political views, including actively promoting the "Roosevelt New Deal" with relief, reform and revival as the main content, and his attitude towards the abolition of "Prohibition". contrast.

The "New Deal" abandoned the traditional laissez-faire, strengthened government intervention in the economic field, implemented deficit finance, and vigorously developed public utilities to stimulate the economy.

At the same time, it also triggered a strong backlash from the traditions and conservatives represented by Hoover.

"Roosevelt is destroying American values!"

"Roosevelt's New Deal is ripping off the rich and eating 'roasted millionaires' every day!"

"Roosevelt's New Deal unconstitutional..."

"Roosevelt will bring America into an ongoing disaster!"

These are the criticisms and discussions of "Roosevelt's New Deal" in newspapers and media during this period.

Among them, the most violent resistance is some capitalist groups mainly based on industry, because the content of "Roosevelt's New Deal" obviously includes the government's administrative intervention in the economy, and it is believed that this will become a belt of government intervention in the economy in the future. There is a precedent.

Before that, because of the Great Depression, they had the right to over-exploit workers, while Roosevelt's New Deal clearly favored the working class.

They believed that Roosevelt was too accommodating to the workers, and that increasing the commercial tax on monopoly capital was a rip-off. What's more, they believed that Roosevelt's "Social Security Act" was completely copied from the "Communist Manifesto."

Although there was a rebound from capitalist groups, the vast majority of worker groups expressed anticipation towards the content of the New Deal. Although most of them did not fully understand the specific content of "Roosevelt's New Deal", this did not prevent them from From some simple figures and working hours and the attitude of the capitalists, it should be in their favor.

Because of the New Deal, Roosevelt also indirectly won the support of a large number of workers' groups.

And this is crucial, because when it comes to voting, no matter whether it is a capitalist or a homeless man with no clothes on, he has only one vote.

And only on that day, the vagabond and the working man will feel like masters of the country.

……

"boss?"

During the discussion, push open the door of the newspaper office.

In the newspaper office, the figure of Colin writing at his desk stopped the lively discussions at the door.

"Good morning, everyone."

Sensing the movement coming from outside the newspaper office, Colin stopped the paintbrush in his hand for a while, and nodded to them.

"Good morning, boss."

Amid Colin's greeting, Little John and the others reacted belatedly, and then asked hesitantly.

"Boss, aren't you shooting a movie in Los Angeles?"

Before, Colin told them to go to Los Angeles for a while to participate in the filming of a movie, and for this reason, he deliberately left a stack of thick drawings as a serialization of comics during his absence from the newspaper.

Little John and the others thought that Colin would stay in Los Angeles for a while on this trip.

Who would have thought that in just a few days, he would come back.

"Is there something wrong with the steam locomotive?"

At the first moment, Little John thought of the train problem. It would take a few days to travel from New York to Los Angeles by train.

If you look at it purely in terms of time, Colin may have returned before he even arrived in Los Angeles.

"No, I've already been to Los Angeles."

He stopped the paintbrush in his hand, and under the puzzled eyes of Little John and others, he explained the means of transportation he took on this trip.

"airplane?"

"Six hours!"

Everyone in the newspaper couldn't help showing shocked expressions when Colin returned to New York from Los Angeles in just six hours.

Old John opened his mouth wide and looked at Colin in front of him.

The convenience of the plane has surpassed their comprehension. For an ordinary person like Old John, he might not have even left New York City in six hours, but Colin has already been able to cross two cities.

"Whenever, I can take a plane."

For Little John, the airplane is a means of transportation that only exists in comics. He has never even seen the real appearance of an airplane since he was a child.

The only way to recognize the plane is in the "Superman" comics serialized by Colin before. In the comic page where Brainiac appeared and shrunk Paris, there was a plot about flying.

"The day won't be long."

As a latecomer, Colin knows that the history of the popularity of airplanes as mass transportation is not far away. In fact, Delta Air Lines in the United States is already trying to open up aviation business. This hindered and delayed the development progress of civil aviation aircraft.

After briefly explaining the situation of his return, Colin quickly brought the topic back to the reason why he came to New York.

"It has been nearly a year since "Superman" was decided to serialize in the "Courier", and the newspaper's current vigorous development is largely due to the original decision to serialize comics, so I think it is necessary to do this. Start a series of celebrations."

"anniversary?"

Hearing Ke Lin's explanation, everyone in the newspaper office looked at each other in blank dismay.

Little John opened his mouth, but quietly swallowed the words in his mouth under the gesture of Old John's eyes.

If it is really calculated in terms of time, "Superman" is actually still some time away from the real first anniversary, but since Colin spoke, they naturally have no reason to object, and they immediately acquiesced to the statement of Superman's anniversary.

In fact, as the creator of "Superman", how could Colin misremember the time of the initial serialization.

The reason for choosing to use this is simply to be able to serialize comic stories about Superman on a larger scale.

The encounter with the anti-world made Colin understand that simply unlocking or improving his abilities may not be enough to deal with the threat of Baron Anti-World Saturday or defeat him.

But in front of him, under the erosion of the power of death, the time he can stay in the real world is limited.

Therefore, if within a short period of time, unlocking a power strong enough to fight Baron Saturday, it will become the focus of Colin's trip.

After thinking about it, the first anniversary became a reason for Colin to increase the content of the publication.

Following the anniversary, he not only replaced the content of the comics that he planned to serialize in the "Daily Courier" tomorrow.

In addition, he also contacted Harry and Jack from the publishing house to prepare for the first anniversary issue of Superman.

Previously, because the Saturday Baron incident did not happen, Colin only followed the conventional routine for the comics serialized in the "Daily Courier", telling the story of a Superman who went to outer space to prevent a meteorite from hitting the earth.

In the remaining short comics, it continues the plot of coming to the Superman world as a superhero Luthor, being mistaken by Superman as Luthor fighting, and then the evil Luthor appeared in the Superman world, the plot of two Luthors fighting, the short story In the end, it ends with the superhero Luthor and Superman working together to defeat Luthor, and letting Superman help the superhero Luthor return to the world that belongs to each other.

This kind of plot designed purely by brain holes does not have much story extension. The main reason for its creation is to fill the space of newspapers and maintain the popularity of "Superman" comics.

"The next time may be a little tight, I hope you can complete the background coloring of the comics before the newspaper is published."

After handing over the "Superman" comics created for the anniversary to the workers in the newspaper office, Colin left the newspaper office in a hurry.

In addition to the newspaper's serialization, he was also responsible for the design of the first anniversary issue, and went to CBS radio to meet with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater Company.

It can be said that the time is quite tight.

"Do you feel that Mr. Colin seems to be extremely urgent when he comes back this time?"

Watching the back of Colin leaving the newspaper office, Little John couldn't help expressing his inner doubts.

Hearing this, other people in the newspaper office couldn't help but stare at each other. Although they didn't speak, they obviously agreed with Little John's statement. Colin's urgency was almost written on his face.

"Did something happen in Los Angeles?"

Frowning, Little John began to think about the reason why Colin was so urgent.

Although he has never been to Los Angeles, he still knows the name of Hollywood. Considering that the reason Colin went to Los Angeles before was to shoot a movie, Little John subconsciously connected his performance with Hollywood.

Although Little John's guess cannot be said to be completely wrong, it is also irrelevant.

After all, without knowing what happened to Colin, it is impossible for Little John to know what happened to Baron Saturday even if he guesses.

"If you have time to think about this, why not think about it first, and publish the question in the "Daily Courier" tomorrow."

With the sound of Old John's voice, everyone in the newspaper immediately came back to their senses.

Because the content of the series has been replaced, whether it is the coloring of the comics or the typesetting of the newspaper, it needs to be redone. The work of Old John and the others is not easy.

Looking at the quiet people around, Little John pretended to stay at his desk for a while, sorting out his report materials.

But, soon, he stood up from his seat with an unnatural expression on his face.

Then, for the reason of pouring water, the employee in charge of coloring moved up a little bit without looking up, and secretly looked at the drawing in their hands.

What they held in their hands was the latest manga draft left by Colin about the one-year anniversary serial.

"I just take one look, just one look."

Although, he said so in his heart, but as his eyes fell on the drawing on the coloring table, Little John was immediately attracted by the plot of the comic.

I don't know if it's because of the one-year anniversary special, but Colin obviously has special arrangements for the plot of this comic.

In the new comic plot, a villain named Drew Zod debuts.

Judging from the description in the comics, Drew Zod was once the commander of the Kryptonian military. He once tried to forcibly change the Kryptonian society through military means. Unfortunately, his rebellious behavior was suppressed, and he was eventually exiled to a The space called Phantom Zone lasted for 200 years.

"Exile for 200 years!"

It can be said that at the beginning of the comics, Zod's appearance attracted Little John's attention.

Because of the relationship of exile, Zod can't move freely, he can only watch the destruction of Krypton helplessly but helpless.

At the same time, because of the fluctuations caused by the destruction of Krypton, Zod and his party escaped from the phantom zone. General Zod, who lost his homeland, vowed to rebuild Krypton, and Superman on Earth became the goal of General Zod, because at the beginning Before the destruction of Krypton, Superman’s father, Jo-El, put the central tome that recorded the hope of Krypton’s social development into the spaceship together with Superman, who was still a baby. Al had some strong hatred.

In this way, General Zod, who escaped from the Phantom Zone, wandered in the universe constantly, looking for the whereabouts of Superman.

At the same time, Clark, who was working in a big city, also received a call from his adoptive parents in the countryside.

Clark: "Yes, this is Clark, Jonathan?"

Jonathan: "Something went wrong, Clark."

Clark: "What's going on, Jonathan?"

Jonathan: "Your spaceship made a sound just last night. This has never happened before. Martha is a little scared."

Clark: "Don't panic, I'll be right back."

While Clark was talking with his adoptive father Jonathan, in the spaceship in the distant universe, General Zod received a signal from the Superman spaceship on Earth.

(End of this chapter)