Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 141
"What, Batman's real identity is actually a rich man!"

Looking at the "Messenger", Bruce Wayne, who lives in a magnificent castle, is actually Batman who fights criminals with Superman.

Readers couldn't help but exclaim.

They have already envisioned all the identities of Batman, including beings from aliens like Superman, but they did not expect them at all.Batman would be a homegrown, wealthy Gotham City tycoon.

Moreover, it is also specially marked in the serialized comics that Bruce Wayne is a famous playboy in Gotham City, and he has always lived a luxurious life of luxury.

Why did such a rich man turn into Batman to fight evil crimes in Gotham City?

For a time, readers have a lot of curiosity about Batman's past.

The latest serialized "Superman" comic, although it solved some doubts in their hearts, it added more curiosity that they didn't have before.

Some readers, with curiosity, re-read the newspaper in their hands, trying to find some clues.

But more readers turned over the serialized content and looked at the updated report.

In the serial "Superman" comics, Batman and Superman teamed up to uncover corruption in Gotham City.

In reality, the "Courier" also published the news of the bribery of the mayor of New York in this issue of the newspaper. If there is no connection between the two, it is obviously not convincing.

In the social page after serialization, the "Courier" carefully published the findings of Little John's investigation.

"...Recently, the "Courier" received a report that a businessman who should have been imprisoned was released by the police. After investigating this, the reporter accidentally discovered that there was a thousand threads between this businessman and the top officials of the New York City government. It also involved the scandal that senior New York police officers and several police officers were suspected of accepting bribes from the businessman, including improperly accepting football tickets from the businessman and luxury trips to foreign countries, etc.”

"Furthermore, the investigation also found that this case is inextricably linked to the current mayor of New York City, Jimmy Walker."

"And in the follow-up reporter's investigation, it was found that the corruption involved by the senior management of the city government was not the only one. In fact, many corruptions were related to them, including the previous street lamp replacement plan and road maintenance, etc. Improper corruption and connections are involved internally."

In the newspapers, all kinds of corruption in the New York City government were listed eloquently.

Seeing these contents, even readers who originally bought the newspaper because of "Superman" couldn't help but voice their dissatisfaction.

Even, because of the content in the series, they are more emotional.

"Why, there is no such thing as Batman and Superman in the real New York City, just shoot these corrupt guys!"

Affected by the Great Depression, people generally have less income in their hands.

It is precisely because of this that when they see these high-level government officials getting more improper income through corrupt means, they will show even more indignation.

These guys don't want to help the impoverished people, but instead stuff large sums of money into their pockets.

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"Where did our money go?!"

That night, in the radio program, a host in charge of current affairs news questioned him.

And the report he read on the radio happened to be the mayor's bribery scandal published by the "Courier".

"LaGuardia, watch the news!"

Meanwhile, within the Republican Party.

LaGuardia also received the Courier-Journal newspaper from members of his party.

"This is an opportunity!"

Looking at the content published in the "Courier", LaGuardia immediately made a judgment.

"Wait a moment?!"

"The Courier? Colin Luper!"

Immediately afterwards, he looked at the newspaper in his hand, and the figure of Colin immediately appeared in his mind.

In a later conversation with Hughes, LaGuardia already knew the connection between Colin and the "Courier", which happened to be the owner of the newspaper.

"So, is this your confidence?"

Clutching the newspaper in his hand, LaGuardia murmured in a voice that no one could hear.

Immediately afterwards, he quickly restrained his thoughts.

Whatever the reason, for LaGuardia, who plans to run for mayor of New York, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Soon, Republican lawmakers led by LaGuardia questioned New York Mayor Jimmy Walker.

Under the operation of the Republican Party, the Jimmy Walker bribery scandal quickly became a national issue, and they went one step further, questioning Jimmy Walker's election.

Facing the targeted report by the Courier and the aggressive attitude of LaGuardia and others, New York Mayor Jimmy Walker responded immediately and did not admit that he had anything to do with bribery.

Immediately afterwards, some newspapers in New York City also questioned Colin's "Courier", arguing that the impartiality of the newspaper needs to be confirmed.

"We all know that the news of the "Courier" does not have any gold content. Even, in the newspaper industry, many people call it a comic newspaper."

For doubts, the "Courier" quickly responded.

Two days later, on Friday, the Courier published the news in a special issue.

It alleges that Locke, the newspaper's publisher and the subject of a challenge to the Courier-Journal, paid $24.6 in bribes to Mayor Jimmy Walker during his campaign.

Although Locke denied the idea that he donated the money in order to seek return at the first time, it is clear that the public does not believe this statement.

Because the Courier-Journal published more accurate news than before, and the repression in Washington, this series of rumors about municipal corruption prompted the state legislature to form a Hofstad special investigative committee.

New York State Governor Franklin Roosevelt, who was seeking support from within his party, also had to come forward and respond to this.

This was a problem for Roosevelt. Once he could not handle Jimmy Walker well, even if he passed the party's primary election, he would not be able to persuade the people to vote for him.

Therefore, in the face of the mayor bribery scandal in New York, Roosevelt immediately summoned Jimmy Walker to Albany to explain the financial resources, and the news from the media came, and the governor also used a stern attitude and asked him to dismiss him for review.

When he saw the media reports of his dismissal, Ke Lin knew it was over.

Roosevelt has already made a cut. Considering the upcoming presidential election, the Democratic Party will obviously not do too much protection for Jimmy Walker, so as to avoid the impact of this incident on subsequent elections.

(End of this chapter)