Superman Smashes the Klan

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Human Alien: Clark is from another planet, but outwardly looks human. He's terrified of his alien heritage and begins freaking out when he sees visions of figures who claim to be his parents but are grotesque and lizard-like. When he finally resolves himself to confront his alien heritage and accept it, they appear as they actually did on Krypton. And Superman, the first superhero, the oldest superhero, the quintessential superhero, is something racists organizations like the KKK, hate. He’s an immigrant, and illegal at that. Superman: The American Alien A God Am I: Dr. Wilson declares this of himself when compared to other, lesser people like Matt Riggs. Superman stories should incorporate what Gene Luen Yang does so well with his book. Side characters who add to more than plot points about being all-powerful or a journalist. Not that those stories aren’t good but we have been getting them for over 80 years. They don’t have leave a lot open for diversity in the lessons they’re teaching us. It’s why fans were overjoyed to see Superman experience something new with having a son.

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a b c Silber, Gregory Paul (2020-05-19). "DC ROUND-UP: SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN is the best Superman comic since ALL-STAR". The Beat . Retrieved 2020-08-10. Matt Riggs himself, he's still just as racist and violent, but with a much more modern take on racism. In the old show he was a fiery and angry speaker, but in the comic he's more likely to try and convince people that he's not hateful, just trying to help make his home better. Superman used to spend his time fighting the KKK and Nazis. He used to fight real villains and teach us how to protect ourselves and each other. Add Roberta Lee, at the very least, with all the elements that Gene Luen Yang has attached to her. She’ll give Superman a reason to inspire and teach in a way we can actually replicate. So originally I was gonna write a review about “Superman Smashes the Klan,” by Gene Luen Yang, with art from Guruhiru, and that book alone. But I’m not. I did make a video version of this piece though.

So this story is set in 1946 and is essentially exactly as the radio serial was. A fictional version of the Ku Klux Klan called The Klan of the Fiery Kross harass the Lee family who have just moved from Chinatown to Metropolis (“Chinatown” normally describes a district in a larger city but here it seems to literally be its own place, which seems weirdly racist in itself - that there would exist a town actually called Chinatown in the DCU!). A Form You Are Comfortable With: Inverted. When Clark first starts getting visions of his birth parents they have green skin, red compound eyes, pointed ears, and antennae, looking like B-Movie alien villains due to his discomfort with his Kryptonian origin. When he becomes comfortable with it, they shift to the usual DC depiction of Kryptonians as Human Aliens. While Tommy adjusts to the fast pace of the city, Roberta feels out of place, as she tries and fails to fit in with the neighborhood kids. As the Lees try to adjust to their new lives, an evil is stirring in Metropolis: the Ku Klux Klan. When the Lee family awakens one night to find a burning cross on their lawn, they consider leaving town. But the Daily Planet offers a reward for information on the KKK, and their top two reporters, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, dig into the story. The City Editor of the Daily Planet, the newspaper where Clark Kent (Superman) works. A gruff and hard taskmaster, but a very loveable character. Tommy and Roberta's parents are only ever referred to as Mrs. and Mr./Dr. Lee. They're given neither a Chinese nor a Naturalized Name.

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McMillan, Graeme (October 5, 2020). "2020 Harvey Award Winners Revealed". Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2020-10-05. The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber” w/ Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou & Juni Ba | CBH Interviews #114 September 26, 2023 Talking to Themself: Superman's thought projections of his parents are invisible and inaudible to others, making it look like he's having a conversation with himself when others catch him in the act. I felt like after World War II, all the world had just gone through this horrific thing. And we were saying, “Yes, it’s possible.” And this storyline is about saying, “Yes, it’s possible.” And now it does seem like if you look at what’s happening here in America and in India and in Europe and the Philippines, it seems like people are starting to reject that idea. So a lot of the writing behind this is about exploring that. Can people who are different live together peacefully? Roberta: Turns out the Unity House is a community center started by - and this sounds like the setup for a joke but it's not - a priest, a minister, and a rabbi.Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru’s Superman Smashes the Klan begins as Roberta Lee, her brother Tommy, and her parents Mrs. and Dr. Lee move into a new house so that Dr. Lee can start a job as the Chief Bacteriologist of the Metropolis Health Department. The Lees had previously lived in Chinatown, and now that they are moving into Metropolis proper, Dr. Lee urges Mrs. Lee and the rest of the family to speak in English, even when they’re alone. Just as they begin to meet some of the people in the neighborhood (including Jimmy Olsen, who lives across the street), they see a bright streak of color zooming over the telephone wires. It’s Superman. Going Native: Mr. Lee constantly insists that his family speak English and act obediently to the people in downtown Metropolis after moving there from Chinatown. His insistence on being "normal" and living up to positive stereotypes gets him to try to reason with The Klan to stop them from burning his house down. His wife admonishes him for this and tells him in Cantonese, "To Hell with your English!" The '40s: The story is set in 1946, not long after World War II. Tensions against Asian-Americans are still high, particularly against the Japanese, and the Klan of the Fiery Kross is starting to revive itself.