Superman Smashes the Klan

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Matt sees Henderson watching his house and assumes he got a lead because someone gave out information on the Klan in exchange for the reward Perry White put out. Much like a yellow traffic light, the mustard-yellow background of the cover of Superman Smashes the Klan tells readers to pause and pay attention. The tension in the story is built from them putting the people around him (mostly the Lee family) in danger instead. Entertainment Weekly highlighted that "Gurihiru's art pays tribute to the 40s fashion that listeners of the original radio broadcast would have been wearing, while also creating a timeless aesthetic".

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Brick Joke: At the beginning of the comic, Jimmy marvels at how high Superman can jump, while Lois scoffs at him, saying that "it's not like [Superman] can fly.

Faux Affably Evil: Matt Riggs puts on the air of being a polite father figure to Chuck, initially telling him how he shouldn't lose his temper and apologize for the argument he started at baseball practice. The art duo (Chifuyu Sasaki and Naoko Kawano) have worked with Yang before, on the generally outstanding comic expansions of the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe.

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These side characters truly capture how people of color, especially kids, will change their personality and make fun of their own heritage and race to make white people laugh, hurting themselves and their family in process.

The fact that he’s actually from this other culture and, in a lot of ways, he has to navigate between Kryptonian and American culture.

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Wilson, who appears in the first issue to welcome the Lees to the community, is conspicuously absent when Lois visits the Health Department in the following issue.White offering a reward for information on Klan members, Matt tries to kill him, Inspector Henderson and Lois. Roberta chastises Tommy for leaning into stereotypes and making light of the offenses against them, while Tommy complains about how Roberta's distant demeanor and inability to compromise makes her stuck up and hard to approach. As soon as Marie and I began solidifying the details of the project, I mentioned that I wanted to work with them again,” Yang says.

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As the Fire Department went to put out the fire, Roberta realized only two Klansmen attacked the Unity House, out of the dozens that were organized in Metropolis and she and Jimmy both quickly realized they likely attacked The Daily Planet.Based on a 1946 The Adventures Of Superman radio drama, “Clan Of The Fiery Cross,” Superman Smashes The Klan expands and adapts the narrative for modern audiences while maintaining the heart of the original message. Played straight when Superman reveals his origins to a packed Little League field while rescuing the kids from Matt Riggs.