American manga: I drew Superman in the Great Depression

"You are such a good man, sir."

No, I'm not, kid.

Picking up the last piece of bread on the table with a newspaper and handing it to the ragged child in front of him, Colin silently replied in his heart.

From the beginning, his purpose was not pure.

Limited by printing technology, there will always be some defective products during the printing process of newspapers.

This, as the Courier's sales grew, became particularly apparent on the newspaper's old-fashioned rotary machines.

Usually when such a situation occurs, Old John will manually adjust the rotary machine to prevent the wrong newspapers from continuing to be printed.

But over time, the Courier News Agency still accumulated a lot of 'waste newspapers'. These newspapers with printing errors naturally cannot be sold as normal newspapers, or sold to newsboys for distribution. Keeping them, in addition to taking up space,

There are no other functions.

Normally, the final destination of these "waste newspapers" in the past is either as a "blanket" on the homeless, or as garbage for boiling water in the newspaper office.

However, Colin seems to have thought of a new way to use these newspaper waste.

If an old newspaper with misprints is thrown into the trash can, it is undoubtedly garbage.

But if they are used to package food, the value of these newspapers seems to have changed, especially those who receive food. Most of them are at the bottom of the Great Depression era, and they are also beyond the reach of newspapers and media.

That group of people.

You can't expect a person who has trouble even eating to spend money to buy a newspaper.

For them, what is happening in the world is meaningless, because it does not change the fact that they do not have enough to eat, nor can it bring much change to them. The news reported in the newspaper may be important, but to them,

But it seems so insignificant.

Most of the people at the bottom are doing everything they can to maintain their lives, and you can't ask more of them.

This is the Great Depression, the most real life at the bottom of this era.

Colin couldn't change much about this.

He is just a newspaper owner, even if he has some special abilities.

But in this day and age, it's still a bit insignificant.

Perhaps this is also the reason why "Superman" is so popular in this era. People are eager for the appearance of Superman and hope for an omnipotent existence to save them from the bottomless quagmire.

Or these people also know deep down that even Superman cannot save everyone.

Of course, Colin has no intention of saving everything in this era.

That's what the president of the United States should do, not him.

All he did was buy some cheap pork liver bread.

Give them away along with those old newspapers with misprints to gain [Faith].

Find a new place for these useless newspapers.

…

After giving away the last piece of bread in his hand, Colin gestured with his eyes to Little John beside him.

The latter nodded, stepped forward and persuaded the queue in front of the newspaper office that still refused to leave: "There is no more bread, there is no more bread, you can queue up elsewhere..."

Driven by Little John, the crowd in these teams reluctantly dispersed.

"Sir, will you still be distributing bread here tomorrow?"

Passing through Little John's arm, a child who looked to be only four or five years old looked at Colin with dull eyes.

"Won't."

Reaching out to stop Little John who came forward, Colin knelt down, looked at the ragged child in front of him, shook his head and replied.

Hearing Colin's words, the child's eyes showed obvious disappointment: "Will there be no bread in the future?"

Looking at the thin children in front of him and the crowd in front of the newspaper office that was reluctant to disperse, Colin was silent for a moment and then said: "There will be, but it will have to wait until next Monday."

It will take at least a week to save a certain number of newspapers.

"Okay, sir."

Nodding, the child said to Colin in an expectant tone.

All for [faith].

Hearing this, Colin said silently to himself in his heart.

…

Move the tables placed outside back into the club.

The entire relief effort has come to an end.

"boss……"

When Little John walked into the newspaper office holding a cardboard with the words "relief bread" written on it, there was still some hesitation on his face.

“Are we really going to do relief every Monday from now on?”

Although, as the sales of "The Courier" have increased, the newspaper has got rid of its previous difficulties and is gradually developing in a good direction.

However, the days when the newspaper was struggling were still etched in his memory. It made him a little worried whether such an approach would affect the newspaper and thus indirectly affect his income.

"It's just simple relief. Even if we don't do it, someone will do it."

"When the situation improves, no one will come here again."

As a time traveler, Colin knew that the Great Depression could not last forever. With Roosevelt taking office and the implementation of the New Deal, the haze caused by the Great Depression would gradually dissipate.

"Is the situation getting better?"

However, for Little John, who was living in the Great Depression, he obviously didn't quite believe that Colin said the situation would get better.

On the contrary, he felt that the Great Depression would continue forever and that the days to come would become increasingly difficult.

The number of residents in 'Hoover Village' is increasing day by day. It is said that the size of the entire 'Hoover Village' has grown from a few hundred households to tens of thousands, and this number is still growing.

In the community where Little John lives, there are already many residents who cannot afford food and have been forced to move into "Hoover Village".

Sensing the disbelief in Little John's eyes, Colin didn't say much.

He knew very well that in such an era of economic depression, people's thinking could not be changed so easily.

Even in the future, even if the Great Depression ends and the economy recovers.

However, the imprint of the era formed by the Great Depression has long been deeply engraved in the memories of people during this period, and has even changed their lives since then.

Many people suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder during the Great Depression, which was still deeply affected years and decades after the Great Depression ended.

Fred *** was one of the victims of the sequelae of the Great Depression. He never allowed his sons to show their gentle side. He hoped that his sons would be "fierce" and not like sheep. On the contrary, they should become

A "killer". Materials are obtained through robbery, and he must always be on guard against being taken away. This kind of instability in his bones is vividly displayed.

"Man is the most ferocious of animals. Life is a series of battles, and the result is neither winning nor losing." ——The 45th President of the United States.