Posted on 04/29/2011 10:08:12 PM PDT by This Just In
Disgrace of DC Comics: Superman Renounces His American Citizenship
by James Hudnall
DC Comics is owned by Warner Brothers. In what is either a move to make Superman more globally appealing leading up to his upcoming film, or a reflection of the globalist mentality in the DC corporate offices, it was revealed yesterday in Action Comics 900 that Superman is renouncing his American Citizenship.
Which is a huge mistake in many ways, but a sad reflection of our times.
What wannabe-elitists fail to understand is what the “American Way” Superman stood for is all about. Superman was created in the late 1930s by two Jewish teenagers, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. They created Superman at a time when Nazis were rising to power and taking over Europe. When communists had taken over Russia. Superman stood for freedom and justice and fought for the allies during the war because, not only were his two creators patriotic, they understood the threat to freedom that existed out there. Superman, like America, was fighting for the people of the world. He was a bringer of justice and peace at a time when organized crime was rampant in America, when fascists where threatening executing innocents in death camps and conquering the globe.
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Dittos to all your thoughts. The greatest stretch were those years. Stan Lee was good indeed but given far more of the credit he deserved over Kirby imo. I have owned since those very years, 99%, (not important really anymore or it would have happened by now but someday I will get off my ancient can and buy FF # 43, ‘Lo, There Shall Be An Ending’, part 3 of the Frightful Four/FF trilogy, to complete my collection), of all of the Marvel issues from that era and would not part with ‘em for anything. (Some are worth quite a few $$$ as they are graded out in the mid nines).
The FF subscription started at #37, and there is a very clear break in my mind between that issue, "Behold! A Distant Star" (last of the Skrulls for a while) and #38, "Defeated by the Frightful Four," which to me is very clearly the beginning of the the great FF issues. The Journey Into Mystery subscription started with the introduction of the Absorbing Man, and that to me was definitive as the start of the truly immortal Thor classics.
I also thought the Kirby/Lee pinnacle ended pretty abruptly; there was a sharp drop-off in quality after the first Galactus episodes and after Jane Foster was dropped, although I actually thought the magic persisted a tad longer with Thor than it did with Fantastic Four.
Greatest two Marvel, (hell, was there really any other publisher??....NOPE!!!!)issues ever imo were ‘Journey Into Mystery With The Mighty Thor’ #121 with the Absorbing Man and FF #42 ‘To Save You Why Must I kill You?’ INCREDIBLE artwork and battle scenes. Heck, I think I’m gonna dig out a few of the lesser conditioned books for a read in the next few days!! I snooped thru a few ‘new’ Marvel comics at Barnes and Nobel last week for the first time in quite a few years and I could flat out not believe what I was looking at. CRAP artwork as far as I was concerned....and the prices!!!!!!
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