Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 225

"Superman is hurt!"

On the same day, after the "Daily Courier" was published, the news of Superman's injury in the series spread all over the streets of New York.

In an instant, huge waves were caused, and tens of thousands of readers were outraged. They obviously could not accept the scene where Superman, an omnipotent and powerful character, was injured in the comics.

All of a sudden, letters of protest filled the mailbox of the Courier newspaper.

Even, some extreme readers stated in the letter that if the newspaper does not modify the plot of this part of the cartoon, they will threaten to 'suicide'.

Such a practice of threatening life may seem absurd, but it is actually a letter that appeared in the protest, and similar statements are not rare.

The birth of Superman coincided with the worst period of the Great Depression, which obviously endowed this character with a very strong flavor of the times and symbolic meaning.

People projected the suffering and hope in their own lives onto this character, making it the epitome of symbols, symbols and culture that represented America in the Great Depression.

How could such a great 'savior' be injured?

Little John handed these fierce threatening letters to Colin at the first time, and even Colin was a little unexpected for the readers' strong reaction.

He obviously didn't expect that readers would show such a huge reaction to the plot of Superman's injury.

This plot arrangement, which was commonplace in later generations, unexpectedly encountered strong resistance from readers during the Great Depression.

"Boss, will you modify the plot of this comic?"

Inside the newspaper office, Little John couldn't help asking Colin.

As one of the loyal readers of the "Superman" comics, he also finds it difficult to accept the plot of General Zod injuring Superman in the latest serial.

"Do not."

Shaking his head, Colin gave his own answer.

Regarding the arrangement of Superman's injury, he deliberately designed the plot in order to elicit subsequent abilities.

Of course, it is impossible to make changes just because of readers' protests. If he makes a compromise this time, then the future plot arrangements will become more troublesome.

Don't forget that Ke Lin's original purpose of serializing "Superman" was not only to save the newspaper that was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time, but also had the idea of ​​collecting "faith". With the continuous serialization of comics, he wanted to obtain more 【Faith】, it is necessary to do more design on the plot of the comics.

Although the plot of Superman's injury in this issue caused a strong reaction among readers, it also gained a lot of "faith" for Colin.

Obviously, such a controversial design is more able to stimulate the reader's response, resulting in a greater topical collection of [belief].

【Faith (70250/100000)】

Withdrawing his eyes from the [Faith] column which was constantly beating on the text, Colin looked down at the 'threat' letter in his hand and fell into deep thought.

……

"Against Superman Hurt!"

"Superman is omnipotent..."

"Give us back the mighty Superman!"

To Colin's surprise, the reader's reaction was more intense than expected.

Later that day, hundreds of unacceptable readers gathered in front of the Courier newspaper to express their protest, hoping that Colin could revise the plot of the latest serial.

"Boss, what should we do?"

Inside the newspaper office, looking at the protesters who refused at the door, Little John and the others looked at Ke Lin with unease.

Deep down, Little John certainly agrees with the views of these readers, and he himself hopes to revise the plot of this issue of comics.

But as the surrounded party, he still felt a little scared at the moment.

After all, once these readers surrounded by the newspaper rushed in, if something happened, they would be powerless to resist.

"Hold your camera and follow."

Facing the angry readers in front of the newspaper office, Colin's reaction was quite calm. He confessed to Little John, and then pushed open the door of the newspaper office and appeared in front of the crowd protesting at the door.

Seeing Ke Lin who pushed the door out, everyone in the newspaper office was stunned for a moment, and then Little John reacted to Old John's coughing, and quickly picked up the camera on the table to catch up.

Pushing open the door of the newspaper office, the protests from outside the door became louder and louder.

Looking at Colin who appeared at the entrance of the newspaper office, the protesters held up the sign in their hands, which was marked in large English: Superman is omnipotent!

"Superman gets hurt..."

Just like that, under the gaze of the protesters, Colin spoke slowly.

"Woooo~"

Undoubtedly, the words in Ke Lin's mouth immediately aroused booing from the crowd. They didn't come here to listen to these words.

Facing the booing coming from all directions, Ke Lin's expression remained unchanged.

"but (but)..."

Little John came out with a camera, stood behind Colin and took a picture of his back facing the protesters.

At the same time, Colin in front of the newspaper was also protesting, and he raised his volume and continued: "...Superheroes will never fall!"

Following Colin's answer, the boos of the protesters in front of the Courier newspaper gradually subsided. They kept repeating Colin's words, and gradually these words replaced the original protest.

"Superheroes never go down!"

"Superheroes never go down!"

Although Colin did not respond positively, his words have in a sense given the answer to these protesting readers.

Shouting the slogan "Superheroes will never fall", the crowd of protesters who had gathered at the gate of the newspaper office gradually dispersed. Little John was relieved at the same time, but he did not forget to take a picture of the scene in front of him.

"Superman gets hurt, but a superhero never goes down!"

The next day, the "Daily Courier" published what Colin said in front of the protesters on the front page of the news.

At the same time, the follow-up comics about the battle between General Zod and Superman were serialized in the subsequent pages.

On the surface, this is because the newspaper was pressured by protesters and had to create new cartoons overnight to appease the masses who were angered by the previous plot.

In fact, it fell right into Colin's arms.

……

As soon as the new issue of comics begins, it connects the scene of Superman being injured in the previous issue.

Rumbling--

Superman, who was shot by General Zod, crashed through the building, smashing a huge pothole in the ground, and at the same time, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Floating in mid-air, General Zod looked down at Superman who fell on the ground and said: "Now, I will give you a choice, Superman."

General Zod: "As a Kryptonian, are you with me and building a new Krypton on this planet, or are you an enemy of me?"

Superman: "Krypton has been destroyed. Even if a new Krypton is built on the earth, it will not be the original Krypton."

Standing up, Superman stared at General Zod in front of him, and gave his answer.

General Zod: "Unfortunately, you made a wrong choice, Superman, you chose the latter between Krypton and humans, and you betrayed your own planet."

General Zod: "The purpose of my existence is to protect Krypton. This is my only purpose since I was born. Everything I do, no matter how cruel and cruel, even launching a rebellion against the parliament, is to protect Krypton. The existence of Krypton, but you are obviously unwilling to rebuild Krypton on this planet as a Kryptonian, so I can only regard you as a traitor of Krypton and destroy you!"

Following General Zod's confession, General Zod and Superman collided fiercely in the next frame.

In order to show the powerful force generated by the impact of the two, Ke Lin directly chose the picture from the top view, depicting the scene of the entire metropolis from above.

Of course, in order to complete the coloring of this painting, the artist also spent a lot of energy.

In order to complete the coloring of the battle scenes before the release of the "Daily Courier", Colin even recruited Jacob and others to complete the coloring of the comics overnight.

Judging from the effects presented in the comics, their hard work all night was not in vain.

With just one blow, the metropolis around Superman and General Zod turned into ruins. Looking at the two standing in the ruins, even readers who were originally dissatisfied with the plot of Superman's injury had to admit , General Zod is indeed a rather formidable opponent.

General Zod: "Since you want to save these humans, then I will let you watch them die one by one!"

Superman: "You are completely crazy, Zod, Krypton has been destroyed, and I can't let you destroy the earth again, just for an illusory reason."

General Zod: "Rebuilding Krypton is not illusory!"

Amid General Zod's roar, two red high-temperature beams instantly shot out from his eyes.

Facing the hot sight launched by General Zod, Superman also made a counterattack without hesitation.

The two beams of thermal vision with terrifying heat collided together, instantly dyeing everything around them with red light.

Although, in this frame, only one frame is used to describe the scene of the collision of thermal sight lines, and the coloring is also very easy.

However, the effect presented in the comics is surprisingly amazing, giving people a thrilling sense of impact.

"Come on, Superman!"

"Defeat General Zod..."

The readers who saw this scene subconsciously clenched their fists and cheered for Superman in the battle.

In the comics, it seems that the readers' cheering cry is also felt. Superman's heat vision penetrates the heat vision fired by General Zod, and hits his body hard.

In front of the "Daily Courier", readers who read this sentence immediately began to cheer for Superman.

This is the first time since General Zod's appearance that Superman has the upper hand in a battle. Even if it is just a collision of hot eyes, it also allows readers to partly vent their suppressed emotions.

In the comics, Superman also launched a fierce counterattack by grabbing the thermal sight and hitting General Zod's gap.

From here on, Colin deliberately no longer depicts the battle scene between the two, but puts the content on the destruction of the surrounding metropolis.

In the grid that is clearly serialized, there are no figures of Superman and General Zod.

However, readers in front of the newspaper deliberately felt the intensity of the battle through the scenes of continuously collapsing buildings and various ruins.

This kind of battle scene, which makes people hold their breath and dare not even take a breath, for fear of missing it, has also become an unforgettable classic scene in people's hearts during this period.

The most shocking fight scene in comic history.

At the same time, in the days to come, this series has also been evaluated by many readers and even comic practitioners as the most thrilling battle scene in the history of comics.

"Colin Luper used four-frame comics to describe epic battle scenes. Even after 50 years, such battle descriptions are still timeless!"

Before the "Daily Courier", during the Great Depression, readers who read the "Superman" comics naturally could not know what everyone would think of the comics 50 years later.

However, this does not prevent them from sighing about the battle scenes.

Colin used to portray scenes of fighting Superman in Haiti or even outer space before, but that was either too far away from life, or it existed purely in science fiction at this time.

However, the place where General Zod and Superman fought in this issue is a city that everyone is familiar with. This kind of realistic painting style makes readers who see the battle involuntarily brought into the scene of the comics In the middle, looking at the solid high-rise buildings behind him, he seemed to feel that the buildings were shaken by the aftermath of Superman's battle in the comics.

It is worth mentioning that it is influenced by manga.

In real life, there are really such a group of people who have developed a fear of high-rise buildings, think that it is not safe to live in high-rise buildings, and even suspect that there are serious safety hazards in high-rise buildings.

As a result, the New York government had to refute the rumors. At the same time, the construction businessman also invited experts to explain on the radio, stating that the buildings they built were absolutely safe, and even Superman could not destroy them. Only then did the rumors about the danger of high-rise buildings be quelled down.

Going back to the comic series, the battle between General Zod and Superman has reached its most intense level.

The huge force formed by the battle between the two sides has almost turned the metropolis into ruins.

Superman: "We can't go on here, we're going to destroy Metropolis."

Aware of this, Superman began to shift the battlefield.

He took General Zod to fly continuously, and finally broke away from the earth and came to outer space to fight, and General Zod seemed to become stronger and stronger during the chase, and even he occasionally caught up with Superman and wrestled with him.

General Zod: "I have been training as a soldier all my life, you can't beat me, Superman, I am a soldier, and what are you, a farmer?!"

Superman: "I am Superman, a superhero!"

Accompanied by Superman's answer, the two had already flown into space. Under the irradiation of the cosmic yellow sun, Superman's entire body seemed to be rendered with golden light.

As the words fell, his eyes burst into red light, reflecting the entire universe into a red light.

(End of this chapter)