American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"Dormammu?"

"Why am I not surprised at all?"

Looking up at Dormammu's huge star-like head, Colin didn't have much surprise on his face.

With the collection of Time Gem fragments, the number of remaining fragments is already quite limited. In addition to the gem fragment whose location is still uncertain, Dormammu and Strange in the purple dimension all have a Time Gem. The fragments of the gem, and due to the changes in the timeline of the mutant world's reversal of the future, Thanos took one of the time gem fragments and snatched one back from Loki.

Under this situation, let alone Dormammu, even facing Thanos directly would not be too surprising.

[Contact the twisted time node and collect a small amount of time fragments x5]

What's more, as his eyes glanced at the looming words in front of him, instead of feeling uneasy at all, Colin became even more eager to try.

After all, upgrading the [Golden Seal] requires more than just [Faith], [Time Shards] are also indispensable.

And if you want to collect a sufficient amount of [Time Fragments], what better way than to directly contact the holders of these Time Stone Fragments.

Although, Colin, who is currently only at the [Silver Seal] level, is not strong enough to compete with Dormammu, especially in a world like the Dark Dimension that clearly belongs to the opponent's home field.

But don't forget, Colin also holds a trump card in his hand that can't be lost either.

The ability of the Time Stone itself is the most special existence among the many Infinity Stones, and being the person who has collected the largest number of Time Stone fragments so far is an advantage in itself.

Even if Colin in the dark dimension is defeated by Dormammu, Colin in the purple dimension can completely erase this timeline and prevent this future from happening through the power of gems.

…

"...Are you scared, Colin Looper!"

Opening his mouth to swallow the wailing vicious dogs around him, Dormammu stared at the silent Colin, and his voice shook the entire dark dimension.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you right away. On the contrary, I will 'entertain' you well, letting you feel my anger in endless pain and despair, and letting you know how ignorant and ignorant you were back then. "

In the dark dimension, amid the deafening sound of Dormammu, Colin's thoughts returned to the world in front of him.

"Fear?"

"No, on the contrary, I am glad that after traveling through so many dimensions, I finally encountered a useful world."

Along with Colin's description, his body rose into the air, his eyes were level with Dormammu's and he said: "I hope this harvest will not disappoint me too much. After all, there is no world connected by the dimensional channel opened by Strange." Guaranteed, God knows what kind of weird dimensional world it will be next time.”

As he spoke, Colin's eyes burst out with a dazzling red light, illuminating the entire dark dimension like daylight.

…

"During the Great Depression, when people's spirits were lower than ever, it was remarkable that for just 15 cents an American could go to a movie, see a baby's smiling face, and forget his troubles. Things.”—Franklin Roosevelt.

"You seem more tired, Mr. Roosevelt."

In the main world, in the reception room for foreign guests, Colin had a long-awaited talk with Roosevelt.

“If you open your eyes every day and think about trying to put a runaway train back on track, you’ll be as tired as I am.”

Roosevelt considered himself an optimistic person, and even paralysis did not knock him down. However, he fell into some kind of confusion within just a few months of taking over the country. Although he has been working hard to find a direction for the country since he came to power, unfortunately, he has not found a suitable path.

The entire United States is like a derailed train, heading in a direction unknown to anyone in the fog.

"Maybe you should just relax a little, you'll find a way."

Colin knew very well that it was World War II that really brought the United States out of the Great Depression, but the New Deal led by Roosevelt before that also paved the way for the possibility of recovery after World War II.

In fact, for a long time to come, the United States will actually be resting on the laurels of its victory in World War II.

"No one could have foreseen the Great Depression, just as no one knew when it would end, so all we can do is make people forget the pain caused by the Great Depression, even if it is only temporarily."

As a seasoned politician, Roosevelt naturally heard the overtones in Colin's words.

In fact, it is definitely not the people, no, it should be said that the memory of the voters is not as deep as imagined. For the vast majority of them, voting in elections is not actually a rational thinking, even if they think they are. Rational choices are actually emotional votes manipulated by politicians.

Therefore, skilled politicians only need to make appropriate judgments before actually choosing, and they will leave a deep impression on voters and guide their votes.

"I heard that you acquired Fox Film Company?"

Without further expanding on this topic, Roosevelt looked at Colin in front of him and changed the subject to the film studio he had recently acquired.

"That's right."

The news of Fox's acquisition had already been widely reported by the Los Angeles Times, and Colin had no intention of hiding it.

He nodded and took the opportunity to hand over several movie tickets prepared in advance to Roosevelt.

"What is this?"

Roosevelt looked down at the movie tickets Colin handed over, and a slightly puzzled expression appeared on his face.

"Titanic movie tickets."

Pointing to the movie tickets in his hand, Colin explained.

"Titanic?"

Hearing Colin's explanation, Roosevelt looked at the movie tickets in front of him again, as if he had thought of something and said, "If I remember correctly, the giant ship that sank in New York Harbor not long ago was because of this movie?"

The news was very big at the time, and with the live broadcast produced by Colin, even Roosevelt saw the scene of the giant ship sinking.

Because of the emergence of television, people's listening experience has been successfully changed. The influence brought by this more intuitive audio-visual means is obviously more intuitive than the pictures in newspapers.

"No way, who told me that the director of this movie is called Howard Hughes."

In response, Colin also shook his head in distress and complained, "Such a maverick guy."

No matter in which era, madmen are always in the spotlight, and Howard Hughes is obviously one of them.

Even Roosevelt obviously heard about Howard Hughes's style of doing things. He looked at Colin, who was distressed, and couldn't help but curl up his lips slightly.

This was rare for him to see such an expression on the other person.

"But it is undeniable that Howard Hughes is also an absolute genius."

Reaching out to take the movie ticket from Colin, Roosevelt proved his choice with action.

"I am also very interested in such a genius movie. As you said, Colin, everyone in this era wants to forget their troubles, and of course, I am no exception."

"I promise that I will never let you down."

"Really? Then I'll wait and see."

...

Colin and Roosevelt's meeting was naturally not just for the release of the movie "Titanic".

In fact, just a few days after the two met, the antitrust investigation against Fox, which was originally led by MGM, was stopped. At the same time, the Roosevelt government also gave a reason. Considering the economic pressure faced by major studios during the Great Depression, if the antitrust investigation continued, it would cause a fatal blow to the entire Los Angeles film industry.

Because the antitrust investigation against the entire Hollywood studio was stopped, even MGM had nothing to say, and even in some ways it was also one of the beneficiaries.

Of course, MGM can continue to retaliate against Fox Film Company through its own political power, but on the one hand, William Fox, the target of his revenge, actually no longer exists. On the other hand, if we talk about political power, the current MGM is not necessarily as powerful as Colin, who has now changed his face to Messenger Films.

Therefore, after a brief consideration, MGM decided to stop and no longer continue to suppress the current Messenger Films.

The Great Depression actually caused a heavy blow to the entire Hollywood. Almost all the well-known studios accepted the injection of funds from Wall Street to varying degrees. Of course, the funds of the Mafia who lost the bootlegging industry were also indispensable.

This is destined to be a capital competition, but Colin's focus is not here.

For him, the purpose of acquiring Fox is to promote the development of Superman movies. The existence of the Great Depression has certainly brought various problems, but it has also brought certain conveniences to the monopoly of the studio.

With Roosevelt's guarantee, Colin knows that at least before the end of the Great Depression, he has enough time to develop his own film industry, which is exactly what he needs.

In the next few days, all the major theaters under the Messenger Film Company have hung up the latest posters of the movie "Titanic".

Thanks to the relationship between the four-color double-sided paper offset printing machine technology, in terms of movie poster printing, the movie posters produced by the Messenger Film Company are clearer than ordinary movie posters.

The poster is themed on the huge Titanic ship, with the movie's hero and heroine, Lyle Howard and Katharine Hepburn, embracing each other.

Neither Colin nor Howard Hughes was worried about the box office of the movie, as Roosevelt said before.

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The sensation caused by the sinking of the ship in New York Harbor far exceeded the effect of any movie promotion, and everyone was eager to enter the cinema to see the situation of the ship with their own eyes.

After all, the real ship, whether it is the real Titanic or the movie ship, has sunk into the sea.

If they want to see what the ship looks like, they can only go to the cinema.

…

Because of the publicity of the "Courier World", the news of the sinking of the ship in New York Harbor became a national issue.

This also led to the fact that the movie "Titanic" received a lot of attention as soon as it was released. The movie tickets of major cinemas under the Courier Film Company were almost sold out, and curious people crowded the doors of major cinemas, wanting to be able to see the full picture of the ship.

To some extent, Colin and Howard Hughes's promotion of "Titanic" has some shadows of hunger marketing.

However, the cost of this marketing is not low, and it has almost become a model in the history of Hollywood movies.

Even in the future, it is not certain that anyone can achieve such a level.

Messenger Films, in the cinema.

"When does the movie start?"

"It should start soon."

"I heard that Howard Hughes really sank a cruise ship to film the sinking of the Titanic?"

"How is that possible?"

"It's true. I read the news report in the newspaper..."

"Is it true?"

"Of course it's false. I heard that the TV in New York even broadcast the sinking of the ship."

"The Titanic sank. What are they talking about?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, we can draw the lottery after the movie is over. I'm almost collecting a set of tableware."

In the cinema, even if Colin doesn't use the ability of [Super Hearing], he can still hear the audience's whispers. In addition to the audience who came because of the previous sensational publicity, there are also many guests who came for the cinema's promotional lottery.

"Don't be nervous, dear. I promise that everyone will be crazy about you after the movie is over."

Beside him, Howard Hughes was whispering to Katharine Hepburn to comfort her. Even though she was the future queen of Hollywood, she was just a newcomer now.

During the period of film production, the relationship between the two seemed to have changed.

Looking at Katharine Hepburn with a nervous look, Colin didn't care too much. As mentioned before, Katharine Hepburn was not his type. Even though he had fully witnessed her acting skills during the filming of Titanic, Colin didn't plan to invite her to star in the Superman movie he was preparing.

In fact, Colin has been trying to find the candidate for the movie Superman. Although there has been no news about the actor who plays the male protagonist Superman, he has already had a general idea about the female protagonist Louise and contacted her through the relationship of the film company.

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