No.1067417 [Last50 Posts]
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>Superman Smashes The Klan, announced at the beginning of last year, initially as a part of the DC Zoom line-up aimed at middle grade readers, is Gene Luen Yang‘s long-awaited and anticipated stand-alone pairing with the art studio Gurihuru. The comic will finally see its debut this October.
>“The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Metropolis’s Chinatown to the center of the bustling city. While Dr. Lee is greeted warmly in his new position at the Metropolis Health Department, his two kids, Roberta and Tommy, are more excited about being closer to their famous hero, Superman!
>“While Tommy adjusts to the fast pace of the city, Roberta feels out of place, as she tries and fails to fit in with the neighborhood kids. As the Lees try to adjust to their new lives, an evil is stirring in Metropolis: the Ku Klux Klan. When the Lee family awakens one night to find a burning cross on their lawn, they consider leaving town. But the Daily Planet offers a reward for information onn the KKK, and their top two reporters, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, dig into the story.
>“When Tommy is kidnapped by the KKK, Superman leaps into action — with help from Roberta! But Superman is still new to his powers — he hasn’t even worked out how to fly yet, so he has to run across town. Will Superman and Roberta reach Tommy in time?
>“Inspired by the 1940s Superman radio serial ‘Clan of the Fiery Cross,’ Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints, The Terrifics, New Super-Man) brings us his personal retelling of the adventures of the Lee family as they team up with Superman to smash the Klan.”
Try not to derail the thread this time.
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No.1067418
>>1067417
Tell me about the Nazi, why does he wear the mask?
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No.1067419
>>1067417
So why doesn't blond boy get a klan hood? He still an initiate or some shit?
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No.1067420
I still think this is a poorly conceived attempt to prey on people's misplaced fears and paranoia about a problem that doesn't exist.
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No.1067421
>>1067417
>more Gurihiru legs
Nice.
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No.1067422
>>1067417
>Let's disprove racial supremacy with racial supremacy.
Isn't there a better way to handle this?
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No.1067433
>>1067422
The fuck are you even talking about?
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No.1067435
>>1067433
>KKK (on paper) think they're superior for being white
>Superman is superior to humans by being an alien powered by the sun
It's not that hard to figure out.
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No.1067437
>>1067435
>Superman doesn't see himself as superior and uses his powers to help everyone
>KKK thinks they're hot shit and spend their time terrorizing people who aren't them
Not seeing the connection.
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No.1067444
>Superman Smashes the Klan will be serialized in three 80-page perfect bound issues on a bimonthly schedule, like the first few DC Black Label titles, with the first issue releasing on October 16th.
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No.1067447
>>1067437
You're a fucking idiot. I just told you the connection. Doesn't matter if Superman thinks he's superior. He's still a racial superiority idea made by jews tackling their boogeymen.
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No.1067448
Why my thread on exactly that got deleted?
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No.1067468
>>1067417
Has the KKK ever pursued legal action against a story written about them? Can they do that?
I’ve been thinking about this. There has to be dozens of similar comics of X character fights the KKK. Can an organization sue a company for publishing stories that deride members of the organization for being bigots, even if they are ones?
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No.1067485
>>1067447
>a racial superiority idea made by jews
No he's not. He's a science-fiction/action character.
You're only seeing him as a "racial superiority idea" because /pol/ has rotted your brain.
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No.1067488
>>1067485
He's made by jews & is an immigrant. He's pretty much a racial superiority propaganda character through & through.
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No.1067489
>>1067468
>Has the KKK ever pursued legal action against a story written about them? Can they do that?
No, and why would they? Whoever files the suit would be publicly identified as being a member of the Klan, the case would get laughed out of the court the moment the judge looks at it, and that particular Klan would lose precious members because what racist hood-wearing mouth-breather wants to be part of a Klan that doesn't hate niggers or is OK with Jews.
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No.1067491
>>1067488
But he's an alien. How can he be a "racial superiority propaganda character" if he doesn't even belong to the human race?
That'd be like saying pigeons are racial supremacists, and if that's the case, I'd like to report a hate crime as they keep crapping on my car.
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No.1067494
>>1067489
>Whoever files the suit would be publicly known as a member of the klan
Irrelevant to plenty of klansmen. A lot of documentaries and other public educational or information based entertainment have interviews with named members of the klan and include non-blurry images of their faces.
>the case would get laughed out of court the moment a judge looks at it
Why? Because the plaintiff is a klansmen? A good judge would be impartial. That’s not to say I believe they would win or even that the case is particularly good but I don’t necessarily think that there’s no case at all
>would lose precious members because what racist hood-wearing mouth-breather wants to be part of a Klan that doesn't hate niggers or is OK with Jews
Plenty, a lot of klansmen are just race supremacists and segregationists. There was an interesting TedTalk a few years ago about a black musician who made friends with a high level member of the KKK. In that video, the KKK member made a speech that said something like “I have more respect for that black man than some of these white niggers” and then all the klansmen cheered
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest that a lot of members of the KKK think of it as a community for whites that believe in segregation than an active terror organization
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No.1067496
Does the klan have a supervillain? This sounds a bit too easy otherwise.
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No.1067497
>>1067468
Oh, silly; everyone knows the law doesn't apply to jews :^)
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No.1067499
>>1067491
The term “race” is often used to refer to other species. Ever read fantasy, or played a fantasy game? Non human sentient species are often referred to as a “race” in that instance.
In this case, the original post made it pretty clear. Superman is literally part of an alien race superior to everyone on earth, at least physically. It doesn’t matter what his personal thoughts are, it’s just a fact.
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No.1067502
>>1067494
>Why? Because the plaintiff is a klansmen? A good judge would be impartial.
A good judge would recognize the absurdity of the Ku Klux Klan suing anyone for defamation.
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No.1067513
>>1067499
>at least physically
That still doesn't make the story "racial supremacy vs racial supremacy". That argument only works if it's "might makes right", and I seriously doubt they'd just have Superman pound pointy hooded crackers for 240 pages.
I'm guessing they're going to make like the 1950s and show people why it's wrong.
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No.1067518
>>1067417
>SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN
WHAT KLAN? The Klan basically doesn't exist anymore.
>>1067468
The KKK is all feds now days anyway.
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No.1067520
>>1067417
>the girl isn't black
That's kinda funny. A white duo fighting the Klan. No comeuppance?
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No.1067526
>>1067513
>show people why it's wrong.
Luckily for them, it's a comic book, so they don't have to bother with pesky things like facts and reason.
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No.1067535
>>1067520
>white
The girl is Asian.
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No.1067536
>>1067518
<WHAT KLAN?
>it's clearly stated at the start of the second paragraph that the story takes place in 1946
Jesus Christ, anon.
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No.1067553
>>1067502
What’s absurd about it? Is the KKK not an organization of American citizens? If you replace it with say, the black panthers or some other ethnic supremacy group, does it become not or less absurd?
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No.1067561
>>1067513
>obviously blackie is the one that knows how to handle lions
They didn't think this thoroughly, did they ?
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No.1067563
Back on topic, do you expect this book to be good ? As I see it the combination of a great artist and a decent writer should bring at the very least a ok comic
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No.1067565
>>1067417 (OP)
DC attempting to gain attention.
>>1067499
The stock fantasy(elves, dwarves, halflings) races can hardly be considered another species when they look almost identical to humans and can successfully reproduce with them, the difference between them and normal humans is at most the difference between Neanderthals and homo sapiens, and even that's a stretch.
>>1067535
>white supremists fighting an asian
inb4 yellow fever
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No.1067591
>>1067417
I hate to be the one bring it up because I don't really know much about it but this is a tribute to some old Superman radio show.
>In 1946, the series delivered a powerful blow against the Ku Klux Klan's prospects in the northern US. The human rights activist Stetson Kennedy infiltrated the KKK and other racist/terrorist groups. Concerned that the organization had links to the government and police forces, Kennedy decided to use his findings to strike at the Klan in a different way. He contacted the Superman producers and proposed a story where the superhero battles the Klan. Looking for new villains, the producers eagerly agreed. To that end, he provided information— including secret codewords and details of Klan rituals—to the writers. The result was a series of episodes, “Clan of the Fiery Cross”, in which Superman took on the Klan. Kennedy intended to strip away the Klan's mystique. The trivialization of the Klan's rituals and codewords had a negative impact on Klan recruiting and membership.
I made this >>1067422 comment to make fun of idea of using a super powered alien to fight the idea of racial supremacy. I didn't expect brainlet arguments that relied on twisting the meaning of words.
>>1067437
<Superman doesn't see himself as superior
He definitely does see himself as stronger and faster than the average person otherwise he wouldn't be tanking bullets and lifting cars.
<and uses his powers to help everyone
How does that prove or disprove racial supremacy? Taking care of animals doesn't mean that you view them as equals.
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No.1067597
>>1067563
It might actually be decent or good. The major problem is going to be the fact that the KKK is a fucking joke nowadays and no one takes it seriously. I would say the entire comic depends on whether or not it feels like a story set in the 1940s, or if it feels like a story that someone wish happened in the 1940s.
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No.1067598
>>1067591
>He definitely does see himself as stronger and faster than the average person otherwise he wouldn't be tanking bullets and lifting cars.
That doesn't mean he views himself as superior, especially when you consider that he uses his powers to help his fellow man.
>How does that prove or disprove racial supremacy? Taking care of animals doesn't mean that you view them as equals.
Have you fucking read a Superman comic? Superman takes being called a human as a compliment.
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No.1067599
>>1067598
You should probably stop bothering with the Lex Luthor LARPer
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No.1067600
>>1067565
>inb4 yellow fever
Gurihuru is drawing it. It's already too late.
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No.1067601
>>1067553
>What’s absurd about it?
>"Yer honer, this here comic has defamed my racist, white supremacist hate group by calling it a racist, white supremacist hate group!"
I hope that clears it up.
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No.1067605
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>>1067563
>>1067597
Gurihuru is on it, so I'm already looking forward to it. I appreciate that the author is tackling the issues of today by telling a story from a different time instead of just having Superman punch Proud Boys at a Trump rally. The Klan makes a good bad guy. They're like Nazis, but American.
By the way, here's the radio show this comic is based on.
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No.1067607
>>1067598
>That doesn't mean he views himself as superior,
Not in a moral sense but he isn't delusional enough to believe normal people can take same physical punishment as he does.
>especially when you consider that he uses his powers to help his fellow man.
Again, not relevant.
Superman thinks that there are many humans that would done the same things that he does if they had his powers. Thus, he thinks that he isn't more noble than any normal human. This does not mean that he doesn't think that he isn't stronger or faster than any average person. Even if he is that delusional, he is clearly physically superior to humans to a point beyond human limitations. Superman using his powers to stop the KKK actually proves the concept of racial superiority just not White supremacy.
>Have you fucking read a Superman comic? Superman takes being called a human as a compliment.
My point was hating something or not thinking that it worth caring about isn't a prerequisite of believing to be superior to it.
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No.1067618
>>1067601
That’s not absurd dummy, it would be absurd for the klan to argue they are a religion and deserve tax exempt status
The klan could, tomorrow, declare that they disavow all of the actions of their founders until modern day and state that it’s a new era for the klan or whatever. Then they could make an argument to a judge that since they have changed enough from the 1800’s that they are functionally a different group and don’t deserve to further have their name tarnished by companies using the KKK as inbred, ignorant, villains for the hero to beat up on
If the klan were to somehow get themselves off the list of hate groups, then it would also be possible for them to stop being used as characters via legal action. It’d be an uphill battle certainly but it’s not absurd to suggest it’s in the realm of possibility
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No.1067621
>>1067607
<Superman using his powers to stop the KKK actually proves the concept of racial superiority just not White supremacy.
>a fictional alien being who lives on earth and fights against bigotry proves racial superiority
You're just repeating the same points now. Superman cannot prove the concept of racial superiority as he is not a human being.
Why are you having such a hard time grasping that?
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No.1067622
>>1067618
>The klan could, tomorrow, declare that they disavow all of the actions of their founders until modern day and state that it’s a new era for the klan or whatever.
>the klan
That's you're first mistake. There are numerous Klans and any Klan attempting to sue for defamation will that to prove it directly referencing them.
Of course, that's assuming the judge doesn't throw it out for being frivolous, because any group that chooses to call themselves the Ku Klux Klan should know what they signed up for.
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No.1067625
>>1067622
> There are numerous Klans and any Klan attempting to sue for defamation will that to prove it directly referencing them
I think that’s irrelevant in the context of my hypothetical, it’s assumed that all klans just give up their deeply held beliefs and start going for PR all at once. If all of them at once begin espousing the same beliefs, the different klans aren’t actually any different
Further, the different klans in different states are just arms of the whole KKK, like the Democratic Party for example. You wouldn’t suggest that the Democrats in like Maine or Arizona or somewhere are a completely different organization than the national level, so why would you suggest that the KKK functions any different? There are different cultural aspects certainly because the states are different but they hold the same name because they hold the same general set of beliefs. In this hypothetical, they wouldn’t need to prove which particular klan is being defamed because the whole organization is being defamed
>because any group that chooses to call themselves the Ku Klux Klan should know what they signed up for
The name of an organization doesn’t necessarily always carry the history associated with it. You can use the Democratic Party as an example again for that.
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No.1067626
Imagine if Kal-El crashlanded in the south and was raised as a Klansman.
It'd be funny- because he'd run at high speeds erasing black people wearing the robes and "ghosting them" away, as well as setting acres of crosses on fire- or something.
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No.1067628
>>1067626
>Superwhite
I'd read that.
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No.1067636
>>1067626
>>1067628
>Landing in a deeply poverty stricken area in rural Alabama, Cletus Kent is raised with the myths of the War of Northern Aggression and the innate superiority of the white race.
>After a childhood attending Klan rallies, Cletus dons a hood of his own and wages war against the forces of integration, racial equality, and miscegenation
>With his great powers, Cletus becomes known as Super-Klansman, single-handedly expanding the Invisible Empire until it's the dominate force in US politics
>As Super-Klansman becomes the Klan's chief enforcer and spokesman, The National Imperial Wizard and elected Imperial Klokan's from every Realm enact their Klankraft polices.
>However, when reducing blacks to property, killing jews, and expelling immigrants doesn't yield the economic and international results their followers expect, National Klan leadership scramble to find a new enemy to blame their failures on.
>When investigative journalist Loretta Lane accidentally stumbles upon Cletus's space ship, Klan leadership finds their enemy
>Word goes out that Super-Klansman is the ultimate immigrant, and has been polluting the purity of all Klandom from the inside!
>Cletus, horrified at the news, confronts his mother and learns the truth: he's not white. He's not even human. He came here from a different planet!
>As Cletus reals from the revelation, the Klan rides to war against him, and turns to their smartest Klokan, Imperial Klokard Lawson Lee Luthor, to kill him once and for all!
Might read it.
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No.1067637
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No.1067638
>>1067625
>Further, the different klans in different states are just arms of the whole KKK
The KKK has not had that kind of organization for over fifty years. What you have these days are individual groups of people who may or may not have just started calling themselves the KKK for the notoriety of it who viciously feud amongst themselves for members and funds.
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No.1067639
>>1067513
>240 pages
>for stories that were made in thirteen pages or less
I fucking hate decompressed storytelling
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No.1067640
>>1067621
>implying racial superiority is limited to humans
You're all kinds of retarded.
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No.1067641
>>1067640
>implying racial superiority is limited to humans
And this is how nazi furries are made.
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No.1067648
>>1067641
Cats by default already think they're better than everyone.
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No.1067649
>>1067600
Aren't they both asian? I can't tell because the of the artstyle. All I know is that they both have black hair, eyes, and the same skin tone.
>>1067621
> Superman cannot prove the concept of racial superiority as he is not a human being.
>arguing semantics like a faggot
Fine, call it species-superiority then. Doesn't change the fact that the kyrptonian race is superior to the human races
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No.1067660
>>1067417
Wtf also who's the annoying little girl?
>>1067600
My how racist of her, portraying asians with yellow skin.
>>1067421
>defending this dull as dirt art style
I'm disgusted by your superficiality.
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No.1067661
>>1067535
>asian girl
>living in Kansas in 1946 when hate for japs was still seething in all places except California
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No.1067663
>The Redwood internet defense force adores this
Big shocker there
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No.1067667
>>1067663
Niggerwood is still around? Also you should be more surprised when idiots aren't blindly defending shit for being woke. The only reason they dug up this old radio play and adapted it was just to virtue signal, hence why you don't see them adapting more interesting radio plays.
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No.1067669
>>1067661
<Kansas
>is such a fucking newfag that he confuses Metropolis for Smallville
Kill yourself, bazinga faggot.
and they're chinese, you gross normalfag
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No.1067671
>>1067669
>and they're chinese, you gross normalfag
>implying early 20th century american yokels could tell the difference or even cared
>implying that stopped them from discriminating against both chinks and japs for decades
>implying murders like those of Vincent Chin never happened
Sure thing.
>normalfag
Says the butthurt neckbeard still using outdated image macros.
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No.1067675
>>1067667
>complains about virtue signalling
>while virtue signalling
Yes, because we need an adaption of Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.
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No.1067677
>>1067671
>implying early 20th century american yokels could tell the difference or even cared
This comic is almost a straight adaption of the 1946 radio show, right down to Tommy Lee and his dad being a respected doctor. So those "20th century yokels" wrote the fucking thing.
Your outrage is ridiclous.
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No.1067681
Making an adaption of the radio show episode would have been fine, but this seems changing a hell of a lot for no reason. Why does Tommy Lee have a sister?
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No.1067701
>>1067675
What virtue was he signaling there?
>Yes, because we need an adaption of Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
Sure, why not? That’d be cool
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No.1067706
>>1067701
By saying
>The only reason they dug up this old radio play and adapted it was just to virtue signal
he's virtue signalling to all the /pol/fags and "anti-sjws" that he's got the "correct" opinion about white nationalism/white supremacy/racism etc. That becomes clear when you consider that nobody would ever have to virtue signal that they hate the KKK. Everyone hates the KKK, even KKK members. It's not something someone would have to make their opinion known about.
Why not an adaption of Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy? Because that's not what the author wanted to do. The author looked at The Adventures of Superman: Clan of the Fiery Cross and said "Hey, this has got some messages for today. And it's got Chinese, and I'm Chinese! I can also talk about Chinese stuff!" And that's why we're getting Superman Smashes The Klan and not Jack Armstrong Goes to Africa or Something.
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No.1067707
>>1067706
>Gwenpool
>"Everybody hates the KKK even KKK members"
Why did you even leave halfchan?
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No.1067708
>>1067706
>That becomes clear when you consider that nobody would ever have to virtue signal that they hate the KKK.
That is because virtue signaling is pointless. Virtue signaling is equivalent to openly stating your loyalty to your party. Go be a brainlet somewhere else.
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No.1067709
>>1067707
>doesn't like Gwenpool
You don't read comics, do you?
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No.1067710
>>1067709
The Tick, some Dark Horse, and anything that has Godzilla.
So What made you leave halfchan?
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No.1067711
>>1067708
>a comic that's anti-Klan is "virtue signalling"
So you'd rather them not talk about the Klan? Why not? Would you rather them talk about The Proud Boys, The Right Stuff, The Rise Above Movement, The Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights, or Identity Evropa? Or do you want them to avoid the subject of white nationalism/supremacy all together?
Which is beginning to sound like you hate this book because "muh politics".
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No.1067712
>>1067710
Moot cracking down on Gamergate back in 2014.
You?
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No.1067714
>>1067712
Never went there
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No.1067718
>>1067707
>missed the Gwenpool train
>not everyone on this board is /pol/ scum
Oh, someone is a newfag.
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No.1067725
>>1067706
>he's virtue signalling to all the /pol/fags and "anti-sjws" that he's got the "correct" opinion about white nationalism/white supremacy/racism etc.
>You can't hate virtue signaling without being /pol/
That's retarded and so are you. Plenty of people hate virtue signaling, even those who are anti-/pol/. He didn't state or imply that he hated virtue signaling because he's a white supremacist
>Because that's not what the author wanted to do
Of course, that's why he's doing this comic. I didn't state that the author of this comic has to or should create a Jack Armstrong comic, merely that I would support one if it were to exist
>>1067711
>a comic that's anti-Klan is "virtue signalling"
>So you'd rather them not talk about the Klan? Why not? Would you rather them talk about The Proud Boys, The Right Stuff, The Rise Above Movement, The Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights, or Identity Evropa? Or do you want them to avoid the subject of white nationalism/supremacy all together? Which is beginning to sound like you hate this book because "muh politics".
Those are some heft assumptions.
He didn't state those things either, merely that
A. He believes the reason they dug up this radio play and adapted this particular story is because they wanted a story about hateful white people
B. Virtue signaling is gay
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No.1067726
So will you just lap up any shit if it's done by Gurihiru?
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No.1067731
>>1067725
>He didn't state or imply that he hated virtue signaling because he's a white supremacist
The problem he's stating this comic is virtue signalling. Virtue signalling usually consists of empty acts of public commitment, like changing profile pictures and making crappy twitter posts. Things that require no effort and carry no risk. This 240 page comic. That's a lot of work to be considered an "empty act".
This is were the accusation that anon was virtue signalling when he was calling this "virtue signalling" comes from. It's clear that the author has investment in this book and believes in what he's doing, for good or ill. By dismissing it as something on the same level as adding a rainbow flag to your twitter handle, he's making a show of his support of alt-right /pol/ crap.
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No.1067732
>>1067726
No. Not even their art could save the Avatar books.
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No.1067733
>>1067731
>The problem he's stating this comic is virtue signalling
Because it is you fag, you really must be blind if you don't see the obvious reasons for this to be made. If anything, having 240 pages of this just show how many talent and time they are wasting just to hammer down the "don't be rayciss guys, ok?" message in everyone's throat.
>he's making a show of his support of alt-right /pol/ crap
Nice, but I think you need a little more buzzwords to make it sound convincing.
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No.1067737
>>1067733
<you really must be blind if you don't see the obvious reasons for this to be made
Here we go again.
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No.1067749
Explain how the KKK is relevant by any metric
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No.1067754
>>1067749
>adapting an episode of the Superman radio show where Superman fights the Klan
<HOW IS THE KKK RELEVANT TO THIS
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No.1067755
>>1067754
So why'd they dredge it up?
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No.1067757
>>1067731
>Virtue signalling usually consists of empty acts of public commitment
True but not always, something you yourself appear to believe as indicated by your use of "usually"
> Things that require no effort and carry no risk. This 240 page comic. That's a lot of work to be considered an "empty act".
Virtue signalling isn't an empty act in the minds of those signalling, as there would be no reason to do so if they thought that. That's irrelevant however, this comic, like almost all of them was made to make money and there's no reason this comic cannot be made to make money and also virtue signal
> It's clear that the author has investment in this book and believes in what he's doing, for good or ill
While this may be true, the possibility of this comic also being intended to virtue signal still remains
See this quote from the archive:
"I just think that, maybe we’re so far removed from that period that we’re beginning to forget those lessons."
The implication of this statement appears to be the author perceives a rise of white supremacy in modern America and has created this book as a way to lecture readers about tolerance by having superman, a fictional representation of good and America itself, defeat the KKK, a group that has been depicted as cartoonishly evil for decades.
>he's making a show of his support of alt-right /pol/ crap.
How?
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No.1067759
>>1067754
Name me one other Superman Radio show episode that has ever been adapted into anything decades after the fact.
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No.1067760
Does Supes ever stop acid attacks or trucks of peace?
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No.1067761
Man Superman took his sweet-ass time waiting until 2019 to bash the fash KKK.
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No.1067762
>>1067755
I'll quote author Gene Luen Yang
>"I started this project because I thought it was something that I needed to understand. There’s a Chinese tradition that you use the events of the past as a way of talking about the present; I did come onto this project thinking about that, thinking, if I can understand the historical context that there was something about the present that I’d understand a little bit better."
I'm sure Yang's career as a cartoonist and comics lecturer, whose previous work ,American Born Chinese, dealt with the struggles of Chinese kids fitting into American culture, played a part in his decision to do this. "Clan of the Burning Cross" not only features Chinese characters, but is possibly the most historic piece of Superman media ever created. It's exposure of Klan secrets dealt a serious blow to the KKK and severely impacted their ability to recruit new members.
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No.1067766
>>1067762
>It's exposure of Klan secrets dealt a serious blow to the KKK and severely impacted their ability to recruit new members.
Any proof for that statement?
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No.1067773
>>1067709
>Anyone who didn't like Gwenpool doesn't read comics
Nigger, what? A good deal of the book was Gwen flittering about causing chaos because she didn't consider the universe real and generally coming off as LOLSORANDUMB until the Future Gwen arc gave her a reality check, and the book didn't really grow into its own until it actually started using the Fourth Wall in a physical manner rather than meta jokes. There are reasons why people wouldn't like the book – and I'm saying this as someone who hated it at first and grew to enjoy it later.
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No.1067774
>>1067766
http://archive.fo/XhFhl
There's also a book all about it.
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No.1067777
>>1067773
>until the Future Gwen arc gave her a reality check
Bull-hocky. She got her first check at the end of the first issue when Modok kills Cecil, and another when she gets her ass kicked by Dadroc.
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No.1067779
>>1067761
This is based off a Supes story from 1946 retard.
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No.1067784
>>1067762
Boy, I'm glad that Gurihiru is doing the art
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No.1067790
>>1067762
>American Born Chinese
I remember reading that in Highschool. It was pretty good. I might reread it if I get the chance.
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No.1067800
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No.1067806
>>1067784
It's a waste to put them on it, though
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No.1067807
>>1067762
>it is possibly the most historic piece of Superman media ever created
I doubt that, I can't imagine very many people knew about this radio play prior to this comic being announced
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No.1067809
>>1067807
>he only knew about Superman fighting the Klan because of this thread
Fucking casuals
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No.1067813
>>1067420
>The Mafia does not exist. -J. Edgar Hoover
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No.1067852
>>1067813
The Klan is dead a FBI honeypot.
>>1067732
Korra completely destroyed the Avatar universe. There's no way to save it without retconning away everything but the original cartoon.
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No.1067956
>>1067809
Stop fronting, child.
Unless you happen to be some sort of pop culture WWII historian, you didn't know about some obscure 40s radio show until this was announced either.
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No.1067960
>>1067956
See
>>1067774
It's mentioned in nearly every comics history book. Superman: The Complete History,Men of Tomorrow, and A Comic Book History of Comic Books all feature it. It's well known in the comics community.
You could've known it too if you weren't such a disgusting casual.
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No.1067985
>>1067960
>It's well known in the comics community.
It literally isn't, you fronting child.
Absolutely nobody, yourself included, ever knew of this obscure radio show before this comic was announced. We have not ever had a single thread, or hell, even a single post about it on any chan, including this one, before this comic was announced.
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No.1067988
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No.1067989
>>1067985
there is no point in denying it , it even has his own wikipedia entry
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No.1067991
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No.1068010
>>1067991
>doesn't have over 800 gigs of comics, 47 of which is solely dedicated to Superman and Superman related properties, stored in an external hard-drive and ready for reading at a moment's notice
Get on my level, scrub.
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No.1068022
>>1068010
>>>/ipfs/
>>>/hydrus/
Do your part in preserving the future
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No.1068036
>>1067777 (checking your quads)
Reality check that stuck, I mean. Even after the whole MODOK thing and Batroc finding out she's incompetent, she started falling back into bad habits once Cecil came back as a ghost and sent MODOK into space, since it confirmed her bias that she's the hero and thus has plot armor for whatever she does (as evidenced by her trying to team-up with Nigger-Spidey, then attempting to murder his school-bomber classmate because he's an irrelevant bit-villain and somehow expecting the superhero not to have an issue with that).
It was only after seeing the nadir of her behavior in the form of a future version of herself killing future versions of her friends and heroes she liked that she started changing for the better.
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No.1068037
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
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No.1068038
>>1068010
I have over 1TB of PS1 and PS2 games, can't have my comics stored. Reading online is enough
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No.1068040
>>1067417
>kkk
When will Superman go to the ghetto and stop blacks from committing over half the homicides, despite being less than 13% of the population?
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No.1068047
>>1068040
look i don't even care if you are a nazi but if you come to this board, i assume is because you want to talk about comics
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No.1068048
>>1068047
>facts make you a nazi now
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No.1068049
>>1068048
if a cared about reality you think i would spent all day reading comics and shitposting ?
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No.1068065
>>1068036
it's my imagination or spider-man looks like a gray
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No.1068151
>>1068065
I think its some webbing partially covering his mask.
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No.1068179
>>1068151
It is. Mask got scratched up in an earlier fight and he needed a fill-in.
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No.1068205
Superman may smash the Klan, but have you ever seen him beat up a NAMbLA member? Checkmate!
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No.1072142
Am I crazy or dindn't this thread use to have the comic storytimed in it?
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No.1072143
>>1072142
Different thread. Hence the "try not to derail the thread this time" in the op.
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No.1072147
>>1067417
That such a weird comic which feels like a 40s era Cpt America comic exists today is strange enough… but to see Gurihuri drawing Superman and the friggin Klan… its so weird.
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No.1072291
so the KKK must be a giant threat to the whole world now?
I remember them being essentially nothing but a joke when I was a kid. how did they suddenly get so much more powerful and dangerous in just 20 years?
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No.1072293
>>1072291
The Klan as it exists today is mostly as an excuse for FBI agents to hang out in the woods, drink beer, and say "nigger" for a few weeks before they decide to enter the "Hey, my fellow racists, want to blow up a federal building?" stage of shutting it down.
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No.1072298
>>1068036
>IRL fan of American comics gets into the Marvel Universe.
>Thinks a semi-major character getting killed in front of her is a reality check and that she should take it more seriously.
>Forgets that any vaguely important character ALWAYS comes back to life.
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No.1072299
>>1067731
Devil's advocate: The writer who had the idea to do the comic isn't drawing 240 pages, he's adapting the script to a radio play. How much effort did that take? It's not his own money paying the artists to draw 240 pages either.
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