American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"Boss, maybe you should go back and take a rest..."

In the Courier Newspaper Office, Old John swept the coffee on the table and reminded Colin.

For several days, Colin's busy figure could be seen in the newspaper office, which put great pressure on the two newspaper employees.

For this reason, Old John advised: "Just leave the rest of the work to us."

“How long until release.”

Yawning and drinking all the coffee in the cup, Colin asked Old John.

It's not that he doesn't want to go back to rest, but because once he closes his eyes and falls asleep, Colin's consciousness may be pulled back to the dimension of another world and face Ultron's pursuit.

"The rough layout has been determined. We only need to arrange the final parts before printing it directly on the printing press."

Seeing Colin's resolute attitude, Old John couldn't say anything more, so he could only silently fill up the empty cup of coffee in front of him and reply.

"Hurry up, I hope to see the new issue of the newspaper before I get off work today."

When he heard that the layout of the newspaper was basically completed, Colin's tense heart finally relaxed a little.

He blinked his red eyes from staying up late for a long time, lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, while not forgetting to urge Old John.

"No problem." The boss ordered. As a worker, Old John naturally had no right to refuse, so he immediately nodded and replied.

…

In the evening, the number of people on the street gradually increased.

Street vendors in neat suits and crisp ties can be seen everywhere on the streets of New York, and the products they sell are surprisingly the same - apples.

During the Great Depression, all walks of life suffered heavy losses, but the apple industry ushered in a bumper harvest in recent years. In order to sell these excess apples, the Apple Shipping Association came up with a way, which is to let Apple put the apples into wooden boxes of the same size and then deliver them to the unemployed in New York and other cities.

These apple vendors will take to the streets to sell apples at the highest price possible.

Finally, at the end of the day, Apple is paid a cost of $1.75 per box.

This method was very effective in the early days. It helped Apple solve the problem of overproduction. It also brought some inner comfort and dignity to thousands of unemployed people in New York City - making money by selling apples. Instead of begging, these unemployed people feel that they still seem to be in control of their own destiny.

For a time, the man selling apples became a beautiful sight on the streets of New York City.

However, this "prosperity" did not last long. After a brief period of glory, Apple's sales began to decline.

The rising cost of apples and the increase in the number of apple vendors have seriously affected local traffic security. Citizens are throwing leftover apple cores everywhere. Cities like Washington, D.C., have even begun to publicly ban the sale of apples on the streets. , also called it a public nuisance to the city.

At the same time, the increasingly high payment costs have also caused many unemployed people to be unable to afford this job.

Perhaps, it won’t be long before these vendors selling apples on the streets of New York will withdraw from the stage of history.

Buy an apple from a street vendor for 5 cents.

Tasting the crisp and sweet apple in his hand, Colin thought silently.

After finishing the apple in two or three mouthfuls, he yawned, shook his head to suppress the sleepiness in his mind, swept the newspaper under his arm that had just been printed and smelled of ink, and said to himself.

"Just hold on for one more night."

…

"Isthatabird? Isthataplane? That'sSuperman! (That's a bird? That's a plane? That's - Superman!)"

Early the next morning.

Newsboys shouted loud slogans and waved the latest issue of the Courier in their hands, appearing in the streets of New York City.

"Give me a newspaper!"

Seeing the thin figures of these newsboys, the impatient readers who had been waiting for them hurriedly stopped them.

He put the change into the newspaper boy's hand and grabbed a copy of the "Courier" and opened it. The man's eyes were quickly attracted by the "Superman" comics serialized in the newspaper.

"Happy reading, sir."

Putting the change in his hand carefully into his pocket, the newsboy raised his head and glanced at the fascinated reader in front of him.

However, the other party was obviously immersed in the comic story and did not respond to the newsboy.

In the latest serialization of "Superman", a total of two super villains appeared.

The former is the king of pranks that Little John had seen in Colin's original manuscript. His imaginative and child's play criminal process really amazed readers. Of course, the comic still ends with Superman's victory, justice defeats evil. , sent the Prank King and all his men to prison.

And with the King of Pranks being sent to jail, Metropolis is not calming down.

The evil Luther appeared again. He stole a weapon secretly developed by the US military and wanted to cause a major earthquake. Superman stopped him in time and destroyed the weapon. The angry Luther launched a special super cannon to kill Superman, but failed. Unexpectedly, he was blocked by Superman's powerful defense.

Next, the escaped Luthor did not give up. He sank a city and created prehistoric monsters, trying to control the world through these resurrected dinosaurs. At the critical moment, Superman appeared in time to stop Luthor's evil plan and witnessed Luthor being killed by the dinosaurs he created.

"Prankster, this guy is interesting."

"With so much money, why can't I meet the person who gave me the money?"

"I know, how could an evil genius like Luthor die so easily!"

"Too awesome, Superman is so powerful, even the super cannon can't hurt him at all..."

"What Luthor died again!"

This weekend's "Messenger" serialized a total of four issues about "Superman".

However, no matter how carefully the man read, he had read all the contents of the newspaper in half an hour. He flipped the newspaper in his hand with great interest, trying to find some parts he had not read from the gap. Finally, he put down the newspaper in his hand reluctantly.

A few minutes later, he reluctantly opened the newspaper again and savored it.

There are many readers like this man in New York.

The influence of "Superman" is gradually spreading.

...

[Ability - Super Defense (Black Iron)]

[Ability Description: Ordinary bullets can no longer cause damage to Superman, even artillery is the same. Only powerful special military weapons can penetrate his skin. ]

"Finally unlocked."

At the same time, Colin in the Messenger newspaper looked at the latest content unlocked on the [Black Iron Mark].

Finally, he could no longer bear the strong sleepiness that emerged in his body and closed his eyes.

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