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Review by: Mandy Apgar
Admit it - you want to read this for the title alone.
Back in the 30s when Superman was created by Jewish teenagers Jerry
Siegel and Joe Shuster, they mixed a lot of their heritage into the
character. Hints and nods to Moses and other individuals are in his
backstory so things seemed appropriate that he should
be chosen a half generation later to take on the KKK. Concerned by
increasing Klan recruitment of youngsters, it was decided to do a 16
part storyline on the Superman radio show about how Jimmy Olsen (alias
the world's worst sidekick) attempts to infiltrate
the KKK and gets caught immediately, necessitating a timely rescue. The
series was written by and done in cooperation with numerous individuals
including a muckraking journalist who the Klan had already threatened
multiple times for doing the simple task of
making them look like idiots. But the series was completed to near
universal acclaim and won multiple awards, as well as to be marked later by
several organizations as a key part of declining enrollment in the
years after it was released. A very good book for comic enthusiasts,
although many will probably agree with me in saying Jimmy Olsen
should've just been bumped off. Would've saved Superman so much stress
in the future.
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