Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 32 Flight
Flying, as the original dream of human beings, is also an important dividing line between ordinary people and superheroes in the "Superman" comics.

Throughout the ages, people's desire for flying can be more or less seen in various myths and legends that have been circulated.

It is conceivable how excited the readers were when they saw the moment when Superman flew in the newspaper.

For a while, the Courier office was filled with letters from readers in New York City.

"It is strongly recommended that "Superman" serializes more content. Since reading "Superman", I have no interest in comics serialized in other newspapers..."

"About the role of 'Luthor', whether he will appear again, I think it is impossible for a single spaceship explosion to kill him so easily. I guess such an evil guy will bring great power to Superman in future plots. Perhaps the screenwriter should try to give 'Luthor' some abilities to fight against Superman's power..."

"It's amazing, it's amazing, I can't imagine how excited I was when Superman flew up..."

"...He is not Superman, he is a god, the reappearance of Hercules (Hercules) and Icarus, the cloak behind Superman is the wings of Icarus..."

"I like the comic "Superman" so much that I even collected all the plots of the comics serialized in the "Courier" and read them a dozen times."

"Why not print more, there is no Courier in my area, I had to pay double the price to be able to see Superman, but no way, I think comics are worth the price. "

"It's too slow, too slow. Why can't the "Courier" be serialized every day like other newspapers?"

"In the real world, does invisibility also exist, just like a chameleon?"

From the contents of the letters from readers, the influence of "Superman" is slowly spreading, and many people who were not originally in the area where the "" Courier" was published have also begun to know the story about Superman.

"Little John, I need you to pick out some of these letters from readers and publish them in the next issue of the newspaper as a review of the serialization of "Superman"..."

Putting down the letter in his hand, Colin gave Little John some instructions.

As the popularity of comics grew, the "Courier" section on news reports became less and less, and most of the paper's pages were appropriated for the "Superman" serialization.Today, when you open a "Courier", [-]% to [-]% of the space is devoted to the comic plot of "Superman".

For this reason, Old John also approached Colin specifically, reminding him that such an approach might cause dissatisfaction and protests from newspaper people.

Therefore, in order to block the mouths of these people, Colin specially arranged for Little John to select some letters from readers and hand them over to Old John for typesetting in the newspaper.

In this way, it not only ensures that the "Superman" comics serialized in the "Courier" will not be affected, but also makes those so-called professionals shut up.

After all, they just protested that there were too few words in the newspapers, and they did not stipulate that the published content must be news reports.

……

[Ability - Flying (Black Iron)]

[Ability description: At first, Superman could only easily jump over a skyscraper. With the development of the comic story, he has the ability to fly and can fly as he pleases. 】

[Ability - Stealth]

[Ability description: Superman has the ability to hide his body and not be discovered by others. 】

The influence of "Superman" comics is not only reflected in the popularity of newspapers.

At the same time, it also affected Colin himself.

With the publication and serialization of the latest issue of comics, Superman's flying ability and invisibility on [Black Iron Mark] will also be unlocked.

That is to say, Colin also simultaneously obtained the ability to fly invisibly like Superman in the comics.

"Sure enough, in this world, all the superpowers I have acquired will be weakened."

In the real world, Colin tried the ability he had just unlocked, with a clear expression on his face.

Similar to [Super Power], the newly unlocked [Flying] and [Stealth] have also been reduced to the same extent. It feels as if someone put a thick layer of armor on Colin's body to suppress him. all abilities.This sense of oppression is not obvious in his daily activities, but when it comes to the use of abilities, it becomes especially strong.

If it is said that in the anti-world, Colin can easily lift a car by using [Super Power] without any feeling of difficulty.In the world of the Great Depression, his [Super Strength] was weakened to the point where he could only simply lift the refrigerator, and as for the ability of [Flying], it was suppressed to a height of only seven or eight meters.

Under such oppressive force, although Colin still gained some superhuman strength, he was far from being as free as he came from the anti-world.

"So, what is the reason for this suppression?"

"What is the connection between the positive world and the anti-world?"

Controlling his body to float two or three meters into the air, looking at his looming arm, Colin thought about the connection between the two worlds in his mind.

Unfortunately, the lack of clues made it impossible for him to deduce more things from it.

It can only be vaguely judged from the gap in [faith] and the suppression of abilities that the existence of the positive world is very important.

……

"Whoo~"

The gust of wind whizzed past his body, feeling the constant whistling sound in his ears and the rapidly retreating scenery around him, Colin couldn't help but cheered to vent his inner excitement at the moment.

The simple floating in the world could not satisfy his desire for flying after all.

Therefore, the first time he returned to the Anti-World, Colin took advantage of the darkness to find a place where no one was around and used [Invisibility] to eliminate his tracks, and then began to try the ability of [Flying].

At first he was very cautious, but as the height of [Flight] rose and under the protection of [Invisibility], Colin gradually became a little more courageous.

The description of the principle of flight in the "Superman" comics is because the gravity of Krypton, where Superman was born, is different from the gravity of the earth, so he is born with a different biological standpoint from the people on earth, which caused him to break away from the shackles of Krypton's gravity after he came to the earth. , living in the earth's gravity environment which is smaller than that of Krypton, becomes more "light", thus gaining the ability to fly.

Before, this kind of background setting in comics only appeared in the world view of comics.

And when Colin unlocked the [Flying] ability in the [Black Iron Mark], the setting that originally only existed in the comic world seemed to have the same effect on him.

After unlocking the ability of [Flying], Colin also seems to have gained part of the superman's biological position, and can easily achieve the ability to fly.

……

"Warning, UFO spotted! Warning, UFO spotted!"

"The radar system is activated, the meter wave radar has not found the target, and the passive radar scans the suspected target and zooms in..."

"Warning, the target is rising rapidly and is approaching the barrier cordon..."

Just as Colin realized the charm of flying.

On the other side, in the biological and technological research base located under the Hydera Building in New York, a rapid siren suddenly sounded.

(End of this chapter)