American manga: I drew Superman in the Great Depression

Flying, as the original dream of mankind, is also an important dividing line between ordinary people and superheroes in the "Superman" comics.

Throughout the ages, people's desire for flying can be seen more or less in various myths and legends spread.

You can imagine how excited readers were when they saw the moment Superman flew in the newspaper.

For a time, the Courier newspaper office was filled with letters from readers in New York City.

"I strongly recommend that "Superman" serialize more content. Since reading "Superman", I have no interest in comics serialized in other newspapers..."

"As for whether the character 'Luthor' will appear again, I don't think a single spaceship explosion can kill him so easily. I guess such an evil guy will bring huge consequences to Superman in future plots.

Difficulties, maybe the screenwriter should try to give 'Luthor' some abilities to fight against Superman's power..."

"It's great, it's simply great. I can't imagine how excited I felt when Superman flew up..."

"... He is not Superman, he is a god, the reappearance of Hercules (Hercules) and Icarus. The cloak behind Superman is the wings of Icarus..."

"I like the comic "Superman" so much that I even collected all the comic plots serialized in "The Courier" and read it more than a dozen times."

"Why not print more? There is no Courier in my area. I had to pay double the price to see Superman, but I couldn't tell. I think the comic is worth the price."

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"It's too slow, it's too slow. Why can't The Courier serialize it every day like other newspapers?"

"Does invisibility also exist in the real world, just like a chameleon?"

Judging from the content of letters from readers, the influence of "Superman" is slowly spreading, and many people who were not originally in the area where "The Courier" was originally published have begun to know stories about Superman.

"Little John, I need you to pick out some of these readers' letters and publish them in the next issue of the newspaper as your reflections on the "Superman" serialization..."

Putting down the letter in his hand, Colin gave Little John instructions.

As the popularity of comics grew, the news reports in The Courier became less and less, and most of the newspaper's pages were appropriated for the serialization of "Superman". Today, open a copy of The Courier

"Seventy to eighty percent of it is serialized comic plots of "Superman".

For this reason, John Sr. specifically approached Colin and reminded him that such an approach might arouse dissatisfaction and protests from the newspaper industry.

Therefore, in order to silence these people, Colin specially arranged for Little John to select some letters from readers and give them to Old John to be typed into the newspaper.

In this way, it not only ensures that the "Superman" comics serialized in "The Courier" are not affected, but also silences those so-called professionals.

After all, they were only protesting against the lack of text in newspapers, and they did not stipulate that the content published must be news reports.

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[Ability - Flying (Black Iron)]

[Ability description: At first, Superman could only easily jump over a skyscraper. As the comic plot develops, he has the ability to fly and can fly at will. 】

[Ability—Invisibility]

[Ability description: Superman has the ability to hide his body without being discovered. 】

The influence of "Superman" comics is not only reflected in the popularity of newspapers.

At the same time, it also affected Colin himself.

With the publication of the latest comic series, Superman's flying ability and invisibility in "The Black Iron Mark" are also unlocked.

In other words, Colin also gained the ability to fly and become invisible like Superman in the comics.

"Sure enough, in this world, all the superpowers I have acquired will be weakened."

In the real world, Colin tried out the ability he had just unlocked, with a look of understanding on his face.

Similar to [Super Power], the newly unlocked [Flying] and [Invisibility] have also suffered the same degree of reduction. It feels as if someone has added a thick layer of iron armor to Colin's body to suppress his

All abilities. This feeling of oppression is not obvious in his daily life, but when it comes to the use of abilities, it becomes particularly strong.

If in the counter-world, Colin can easily lift a car without any difficulty using his [super strength]. But in the world of the Great Depression, his [super strength] has been weakened to only

He can simply lift the refrigerator, and his ability to [fly] is suppressed to the point where he can only jump to a height of seven or eight meters.

Under such suppression, although Colin still gained some superhuman powers, he was far from as free-will as the Counter-World.

"So, what's the reason for this repression?"

"What is the connection between the positive world and the counter-world?"

Controlling his body to float two to three meters in the air, looking at his looming arms, Colin pondered the connection between the two worlds in his mind.

Unfortunately, the lack of clues prevented him from inferring anything more.

We can only vaguely judge from the gap in [belief] and the suppression of abilities that the existence of the positive world is quite important.

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"Woohoo~"

The strong wind howled along his body, feeling the constant howling in his ears and the rapidly retreating scenery around him. Colin couldn't help but let out a cheer to vent his inner excitement at this moment.

Simply floating in the world cannot satisfy his desire for flight.

Therefore, as soon as he returned to the counter-world, Colin took advantage of the night to find a deserted place and used [Invisibility] to eliminate his traces, and then began to try out the ability of [Flying].

At first he was very cautious, but as the height of [Flight] increased and under the protection of [Invisibility], Colin gradually became a little more courageous.

The description of the principle of flight in the "Superman" comics is because the gravity of Krypton where Superman was born is different from the gravity of the earth. Therefore, he was born with a different biological position from the people on earth, which caused him to break away from the constraints of Krypton's gravity after coming to the earth.

, living in the earth's gravity environment, which is smaller than Krypton, becomes more "light", thus gaining the ability to fly.

Previously, this kind of background setting in comics only appeared in the world view of comics.

And when Colin unlocked the [Flying] ability in [Dark Iron Mark], the setting that originally only existed in the comic book world seemed to have also affected him.

With the [Flying] ability unlocked, Colin seems to have gained part of Superman's biological position, and can easily achieve the ability to fly.

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"Warning, UFO sighted! Warning, UFO sighted!"

"The radar system is activated. The meter-wave radar does not find the target. The passive radar scans the suspected target and amplifies it..."

"Warning, the target is rising rapidly and is approaching the barrier cordon range..."

Just when Colin realized the charm of flying.

On the other side, a rapid alarm suddenly sounded in the biological and technological research base beneath the Hydra Building in New York.