American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

[Faith (1033/1000)]

The acquisition of one thousand [Faith] was faster than Colin expected.

After handing the "Superman" comic serialized this Wednesday to Old John, Colin returned home and looked at the number displayed on the text, and his eyes flickered slightly.

"Then, the next step is the last step."

He took a deep breath, and as the thoughts emerged in his mind, the number in the [Faith] column began to decrease.

Then, the [Black Iron Mark] on the back of Colin's hand, which had been changing, began to gradually condense. During the process, he heard some whispers. The words that seemed to be the comments on Hoover published in the "Courier" in the past seemed to be a comment on Hoover. Seeing this, Colin's breathing could not help but become a little faster, and under his gaze, the pattern condensed on the surface of the mark seemed to begin to reveal some blurred facial features.

"Don't be Hoover, don't be Hoover!"

Seeing this scene, Colin's hands subconsciously clenched, and sweat began to ooze out of his palms. He quickly held his breath and said silently in his heart.

I don't know if Colin's prayers worked, but gradually the murmurs in my ears began to be covered by more exclamations.

These voices, some louder and some smaller, murmured and intermittently gathered into one sentence:

"...Is that a bird? Is that a plane? That's Superman!"

As the voices rang out, the marks that had originally turned into blurred facial features began to disintegrate, and finally condensed into the shield-shaped S mark, which appeared on the back of Colin's hand.

"Huh~"

With a long sigh of relief, Colin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Everything that happened in just a few dozen seconds was more exciting than riding a roller coaster.

Fortunately, the final result did not disappoint him. Looking down at the shield-shaped S mark formed by the [Black Iron Mark] with a black metallic luster on the back of his hand, an unconcealable smile emerged from the corner of his mouth.

"Next, let me see the real effect of [Black Iron Mark]!"

Suppressing the eager thoughts in his heart, Colin closed his eyes.

The familiar green light once again enveloped his consciousness and pulled it down.

However, this time of falling asleep was different from any time Colin had experienced in the past.

As his consciousness fell, countless images seemed to flash through his mind. In these images, he saw a man and a woman whose faces were unclear on the broken planet, and a baby on a spaceship fell to a farm and was found by a couple and named Clark.

These are all the plots of the "Superman" comics that Colin had previously serialized in the "Messenger".

…

[Bronze Mark (1/100)]

[Faith (33/10000)]

So, is bronze after black iron? It's really a cliché setting.

In the opposite world, Colin opened his eyes and noticed that the words in his eyes seemed to have changed.

The words that originally displayed [Black Iron] were replaced by [Bronze], and even the number behind the [Faith] column changed from one thousand to ten thousand, a full tenfold increase.

This growth rate is completely unreasonable. Normally, it should be doubled at the beginning, just for the sake of showing it.

After his eyes stayed on the number of ten thousand behind [Faith] for a long time, Colin withdrew his eyes expressionlessly, curled his lips and complained silently in his heart.

If he didn't know that these words in front of him had no other functions except prompting the collection effect.

Colin really planned to have a detailed chat with it about these unreasonable designs.

He shook his head and forced himself not to look at the words in front of him.

Colin returned his attention to the [Black Iron Mark] condensed on the back of his hand. As his eyes focused, the shield-shaped S mark on the back of his hand with a faint black metallic luster began to appear with words.

…

[Black Iron Mark - Superman]

[Ability - Super Strength (Black Iron)]

[Ability Description: Superman's first appearance showed the powerful strength of lifting a car above his head. As the plot of the comics develops, his strength becomes greater than that of a locomotive. He can throw a tank effortlessly and break a chain with one hand. ]

[Ability - Flight (Black Iron)]

[Ability Description: Unlocked]

[Ability - Super Defense (Black Iron)]

[Ability Description: Unlocked]

[Ability - Super Speed ​​(Black Iron)]

[Ability Description: Unlocked]

"Unlocked?"

Looking at the series of unlocked prompts in the [Black Iron Mark] except for the first [Super Strength], Colin couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

This is completely different from what he originally thought.

"It seems that condensing the mark is just the beginning."

Looking at the description of the [Super Strength] column in the text, Colin made a quick judgment.

Obviously, the reason why the ability [Super Strength] was unlocked is closely related to his frequent appearance in the comics, especially the description of throwing the tank mentioned in the text, which happened to be the plot in the latest series of "Superman".

The other ununlocked abilities are obviously the abilities that he had introduced at the beginning of the "Superman" comics, but the related plots have not been drawn in detail.

Because it is just a rough introduction and not presented to readers in the form of comics, it is impossible to form a specific impression?

"What if I let Superman push the planet directly in the comics, will the power also be increased to this extent?"

Looking at the only ability that is unlocked in front of him, this thought came to Colin's mind.

However, he quickly reacted.

It shouldn't be possible. The word "Black Iron" marked after each line of ability seems to indirectly remind Colin.

At present, all the abilities related to Superman that he can unlock are limited to the ability category of [Black Iron].

In other words, even if Colin lets Superman push the planet in the comics, the final result is likely to be a waste of effort.

In addition to making readers who see the comics full of questions, there is no other effect.

"So, we can only do it step by step..."

This situation reminded Colin of the evolution process of the characters in the mythological stories, which seemed to be exactly the same as the situation he was facing now.

Many mythological figures that are now well-known to the public are often very different from their original images. In the process of historical development and evolution, they have been added with many new mythological stories or assimilated by other mythological stories, and finally became what everyone sees today.

Even the authority of these mythological figures has often become more and more complicated through the spread of various stories.

However, the development of the times and the advancement of science and technology seem to have greatly accelerated this process. In the past, it took a long time for myths and legends to be formed through word of mouth.

Now it has become much simpler. The existence of media such as books, newspapers and comics has made the channels of dissemination more extensive.

Thinking of this, Colin couldn't help but feel a little fortunate in his heart. Fortunately, he traveled to an era with relatively advanced technology, rather than a primitive society of eating raw meat and drinking blood.

Let him use the power of the media to create a "new god" and gain abilities.