American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Time Gem Fragment 1/9】

Positive world, Messenger Newspaper.

Colin looked at the content of the text, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

This line of text did not exist before, but appeared with the time fragment Thunderbolt/Flame Man.

Perhaps this also explains why he can travel between the positive and negative worlds.

So, the meaning of the text is to remind me to collect the broken time gems?

If so, your appearance is a little too late.

Colin muttered silently in his heart, retracted his gaze on the text, and turned to look in the direction of the newspaper door.

He heard the hurried footsteps coming from outside the newspaper with his weakened super hearing in the positive world.

"Mr. Colin..."

Pushing open the half-closed door of the newspaper, the freckled face of the newsboy Jimmy was revealed.

"Jimmy?"

Looking at the newsboy who appeared in the newspaper, Colin's face showed a surprised expression. If he remembered correctly, it was the busiest time for the newsboy to sell newspapers.

"What's up?"

Adjusting the big newsboy cap on his head, Jimmy handed a newspaper to Colin.

"Sir, this is the latest issue of the World Journal. I think you should take a look."

There is no such thing as a rest for the newsboys. In fact, they need to work hard for the day's life from the moment they open their eyes every morning. On the days when the Courier is not published, Jimmy will also buy some other newspapers to sell.

Looking at the panting newsboy in front of him, Colin looked down as he said.

ubersoldier

On the comic page of the World Journal, a figure wearing a yellow cape and a U-shaped mark on his chest appeared in the comic.

Super Soldier?

I remember that the World Journal had been serializing the comic of the Fire Man.

Looking at the Ubersoldier in the newspaper, which was full of copycat meaning, Colin's eyes flashed with a hint of doubt. To be honest, he used to like the content of the "Flame Man" comics. He was even a loyal reader of this comic and had been following the latest serialized content.

So, "World Journal" stopped the previous serialization of "Flame Man" and copied its own "Superman".

The plot of the Ubersoldier Super Soldier comics gives people a sense of déjà vu.

The main plot of the comics tells the story of an alien scientist who created a super soldier in a giant test tube. Because of an accident, the experiment exploded and the super soldier fell to the earth. He was born with powerful strength, and after his adoptive parents died, he used his strength to save mankind.

From then on, the Ubersoldier Super Soldier was born!

Looking at the scene in the comics where the super soldier chased the car with a yellow cloak, Colin's expression became a little subtle.

There is no doubt that the plot of the "World Journal" copycat Superman, the super soldier.

He borrowed a lot from the plot of his own comics, and stitched together the content of "The Flame Man" to create such an incongruous superhero.

Perhaps, you would think that the plagiarism of "World Journal" is a bit too shameless, and it does not have the image of a major newspaper at all.

But in fact, this is the essence of "World Journal".

Back then, Joseph Pulitzer bought the bankrupt "World Journal" and relied on publishing all kinds of sensational news reports to attract attention. While reporting major international news, he chased crimes, disasters and accidents, and used sensational and stimulating pages as the main focus to stimulate readers' senses.

In order to attract readers, "World Journal" once published an article titled: "French scientists and explorers discovered a tribe of wild people with well-developed tails."

At the same time, a picture was distributed, showing a man called "human monkey" lying on a tree.

According to later reports, this story about "human monkeys" was a completely fabricated fake news. In order to gain space, the World Journal published it without any investigation and printed it in large quantities as the front page of the weekend edition at that time.

Under Pulitzer's command, the front page of the World Journal often published hula-hooping dancers, as well as sensational headlines such as "Falling in love with her money", "Playboy drinking", and "Going to jail for his brother".

During the most intense period of newspaper competition, the World Journal and the New York News did everything they could, and even often launched hypocritical reform movements in newspapers to expand the circulation of newspapers.

Stimulating the senses, inciting wars, reporting fanatically, and doing everything they can to increase sales, this is the essence of the World Journal.

...

"Thank you, Jimmy."

Take your eyes away from the World Journal in your hand, and Colin thanked the newsboy in front of him.

Although, even if Jimmy didn't show up, Colin would have learned about this fake Superman from other places later.

However, this did not affect the kindness of the newsboy.

"I didn't do anything, sir."

Shaking his head, Jimmy adjusted the large newsboy hat on his head and touched the rope that fixed the newspaper around his waist.

"You are a good man, Mr. Colin. Your generosity has helped the newsboys make more money, but the World Journal has always been thinking about how to save even a penny from the newsboys."

In the news industry, Joseph Pulitzer was a big shot and the richest media tycoon in the early 20th century. However, in the minds of newsboys, he and his World Journal have always been the object of dissatisfaction. At the beginning, one of the main targets of the newsboy strike was the World Journal in Joseph Pulitzer's hands.

"No, the news you brought is very important to me."

Colin took out a 5-cent coin from his pocket and put it into the newsboy's ink-stained hand as a reward for the other party's tip-off to show his gratitude.

Jimmy did not refuse Colin's move. He held the 5-cent coin tightly in his hand. This may be the reason why he brought the newspaper to the newspaper office. Then he raised his freckled face, glanced at Colin in front of him, and asked.

"So, Mr. Colin, will you fight back?"

"Of course."

Faced with the newspaper boy's question, Colin did not deny it. He pointed to the Super Soldier comic in the World Journal, which had a smug expression on its face and raised its arms.

"I will punch this fake in the face like Superman..."

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