American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"Odin?"

Sweeping his eyes over the figure in front of the throne steps, Colin first thought of the king of the gods in Norse mythology, Thor's father.

"No, that's not right..."

But looking at the intact eyes in the other person's eyes, he quickly reacted.

No matter which myth, Odin always shows a one-eyed look. Although the surviving figure in front of him is old, the eyes on his face are still intact, so it is obviously not the original owner of the Supreme Throne.

"So it's Loki?"

Recalling a fleeting picture in the fragment of the Time Gem, he did not see Thor in the Golden Palace, so this is the world ruled by Loki who obtained the fragment of the Time Gem.

After several dimensional shuttles, even Colin himself could not be sure whether the world he came to this time was really a distorted time formed by the power of the Time Gem fragment, or just a seemingly different dimension.

Flying to the old Loki and landing, Colin looked at his wrinkled face, gray hair and lifeless appearance, which was very different from the high-spirited appearance that Colin saw in the [Time Fragment] screen, which was why he didn't recognize him at first sight.

The battle in the Asgard in front of him was almost the same as the mutant world that Colin and the Avengers had visited. Unfortunately, there was no existence like the horde or Professor X in this world who would save the world even at the cost of their lives. At the same time, the ability of the time gem fragment possessed by Loki in front of him was not the power to pollute the timeline like Apocalypse.

This also means that the time gem fragment in this world really fell into the hands of Thanos.

In this way, the four time gem fragments in Colin's hands plus at least two fragments in Thanos' hands, the only known ones left are Dormammu in the dark dimension and Strange in the purple dimension world.

Judging from the development of the timeline, after getting the Time Stone fragment from Loki, Thanos did not appear in Strange's world, which means that he most likely went to Dormammu or the world where the only remaining Time Stone fragment was.

From Colin's perspective, he naturally hoped that Thanos could collide with Dormammu. In this way, even if Thanos won in the end, he would pay a huge price. After all, as the ruler of the dark dimension, even Thanos who mastered the power of the Infinity Gauntlet could not easily defeat the opponent.

However, even so, Colin did not dare to put all his hopes on the enemy's misfortune.

Thanos, who possessed the power of the Infinity Gauntlet, would definitely not be much slower than him in collecting Time Stone fragments. Therefore, if he wanted to collect enough [Time Fragments] and [Faith] before Thanos, the time reserved for Colin in the positive world did not seem to be as sufficient as imagined.

After understanding this, Colin no longer hesitated.

The world in front of him no longer has much meaning for him to stay. Once Colin, who has the gem fragment, erases this timeline, everything will be restarted again.

However, before erasing the timeline of this world, Colin looked at Loki, who was expressionless in front of the steps, and touched his body casually.

[Contact the special twisted time node and collect a large number of time fragments x400]

In any case, Loki is an existence that changes the history of this world. Even if there are no time gem fragments, he still provides Colin with a large number of [time fragments].

His eyes swept through the flashing pictures in the [time fragments], and Colin couldn't help but sigh casually.

"The ability to stop time?"

Although this ability is simple, it is also the ability that can best reflect the power of time.

As Colin's sigh fell, the look in Loki's eyes, who had a numb expression in front of the steps, began to change gradually. He slowly raised his head and looked at Colin in front of him, and his numb face became excited.

"Gem, that's my gem, my power, that's my power..."

He stood up tremblingly, stretched out his hand to ask Colin in front of him something.

"Sorry, my time is up."

However, Colin in the Golden Palace just shook his head at him, and Colin, who had mastered the power of the Time Gem fragment in the purple dimension, erased the timeline.

Everything that happened in Asgard (Fairy Palace) and the ruined Gladsheim (Odin's Golden Palace) also disappeared and became a non-existent timeline history.

...

[Golden Seal (7220/10000)]

"[Time Fragments] didn't decrease?!"

In the purple dimension world, the power of the gem fragments erased another timeline. Colin looked at the column of numbers representing [Time Fragments] on the text, and the expression on his face suddenly became pleasantly surprised.

This was his first time to come to the world distorted by the Time Stone fragments through the dimensional channel of Dark Doctor Strange. He originally thought that the [Time Fragments] obtained from this world would disappear with the erasure of the timeline, but the situation was obviously not what Colin expected. Although the timeline of meeting Loki in Odin's palace was erased, the [Time Fragments] obtained from him were successfully preserved.

"If this is the case, maybe I need to change my original plan a little bit."

Originally, Colin wanted to find a world with time gem fragments through the dimensional channel opened by the Dark Doctor Strange, and collect as many [time fragments] as possible for the upgrade of [Golden Seal]. Although the goal has not changed, the means of obtaining [time fragments] may be a little more radical.

After all, with the two abilities of time erasure and time splitting, no unfavorable timeline can really hurt Colin himself, including Dormammu and Thanos.

…

"Now, it belongs to you, Mr. Colin Luper."

New York in the positive world.

Under the witness of lawyers from both sides, William Fox signed his name and looked at the signature on the transfer contract of Fox Film Company. He couldn't help but feel a little lost.

A few years ago, he was still ambitious to build his own movie empire in Hollywood, and even acquired MGM's parent company by chance and expanded his own movie territory.

However, in just two or three years, he was facing bankruptcy due to a car accident and the economic crisis of the Great Depression, and had to sell his shares in Fox Films.

The huge gap between the two made William Fox feel a little bit like he was in the past.

With the transfer of Fox Films, it also meant that the relationship between William Fox and Hollywood became more and more distant. Even if he wanted to return to Hollywood in the future, it would not be a simple matter.

Hollywood does not welcome losers, and William Fox's appearance at this time, however, looked like a loser.

"Mr. William Fox."

On the side, the notarized lawyer reminded William Fox.

With the lawyer's reminder, William Fox, who came back to his senses, squeezed out a forced smile on his pale face and congratulated Colin in front of him.

"This is a good thing for both parties."

Nodding and responding to William Fox in front of him, Colin also smiled in return.

In fact, if history had developed normally, even without Colin's intervention, William Fox would have left Hollywood in the end. Because of the Great Depression, he became an outcast in Hollywood. Even when he died in 1952, no one in the film industry attended his funeral.

This is undoubtedly a great irony for a person who is determined to build his own film empire in Hollywood.

Now, because of Colin, although William Fox has also left Hollywood, at least he is not as embarrassed as in later generations. At the same time, the acquisition fee paid by Colin is enough to help William Fox support this turbulent period of the Great Depression.

Hearing Colin's words and thinking of the price he could receive, William Fox's originally melancholy mood suddenly improved a lot.

"Maybe you are right, Mr. Colin Luper..."

Although he has a dream of creating a film empire, the premise of all this is that he can live well enough.

If he ended up living in poverty, even if Fox Films survived the Great Depression, it was not what William Fox really wanted.

It was because of his experience of bankruptcy and imprisonment that William Fox became more realistic. He did not want to go back to that cold prison and stay there for even one night.

After realizing this, William Fox's last lingering love for Fox Films disappeared.

After all, in this era of the Great Depression, the value of nostalgia is more valuable than every piece of bread.

"Mr. Colin Looper, this is my advice as a Hollywood veteran. The war in Hollywood is more of a conflict between capitals than a war of movies. I am a loser in this war. I hope you can learn a lesson from it. There is huge capital behind any studio."

William Fox chose to sell his Fox Films. Of course, there were his own factors, but there was also a revenge mentality against other Hollywood studios. As a loser in the capital war, William Fox is not a complete fool, because a real fool can't survive in the cruel battlefield of Hollywood.

William Fox can become one of the earliest movie tycoons in Hollywood and establish a film studio named after himself. Naturally, he has good means.

Through his relationship in Los Angeles, William Fox has known the fact that Colin had contacted Wall behind Paramount, and of course he also knew why he had been investigated for antitrust.

Although William Fox could not resist the political forces behind MGM, it did not mean that Colin could not do it. Letting such a big capitalist who has a huge media voice and political power enter Hollywood, I believe that Hollywood will not be too peaceful for a long time in the future.

This is also the last means of revenge for those studios by William Fox, the abandoned child of Hollywood.

"Of course, I'm ready."

Colin's purpose of acquiring Fox Film Company was not for the so-called movie dream from the beginning. In fact, if it were not for the pressure of time, he would even continue to drag William Fox for a while to lower the price of the chips.

Fortunately, although now is not the most ideal time for acquisition, it is almost the same.

After taking over Fox Film from William Fox, Colin also mastered the complete cinema chain.

Because of his own ideas about film management, William Fox's Fox Film is the earliest vertically managed film studio in Hollywood. And all of this, with Colin's acquisition, has become an industry in his hands, which can help him collect enough [faith] as quickly as possible.

As mentioned earlier, Colin's purpose of acquiring a film company was not for the so-called illusory art from the beginning.

Among the filmmakers Colin knows, Howard Hughes is a person who pursues movies. His unique personality and pursuit of perfection lead to his particularity in film production, which can be seen from the large ship docked in the New York port.

The second is Walt Disney. So far, the production progress of "Snow White" is still only about halfway. Such a meticulous attitude has obviously surpassed most of Hollywood, no, almost all filmmakers. After all, no film company in the entire Hollywood studio will spend three years just to make an animated film.

If it weren't for the fact that Disney is a studio opened by the Walt brothers, even Disney would not go through so much trouble just to complete an animated film.

In terms of movies, Colin naturally does not have the same pursuit as Hughes or Walt, so his purpose in acquiring a film company is only one, that is, to shoot Superman's movie, so as to obtain more [faith] that is enough to enhance the [Golden Seal].

Although, he has just acquired Fox Film Company from William Fox, and the filming of the movie version of "Superman" has not even started.

However, this does not prevent Colin from borrowing the cinema under the film company to collect some [faith].

Don't forget that the Superman TV animation produced by Walt was originally intended to be played on the TVs produced by the Courier Factory, but the fine quality of Disney's animation film also made it possible to be shown in movie theaters.

Thinking of this, Colin was somewhat fortunate that he did not ask Walt to reduce the production quality of the Superman TV animation in order to save costs.