The world is completely off
its axis.
And in certain circumstances, it didn’t even start recently, it began years ago.
Case in point is the denigration of the “Superman” character, piece by piece by piece, which reached its low point late last week in a story that was buried because Friday and Saturday news circulation is the slowest on those days.
DC Comics has decided that the mission statement of the Man of Steel—which is so engrained in our collective memory through comic books and the TV series and the movies—is not good enough anymore.
Not isn’t it not good enough anymore, but since it has “American Way” in it, that isn’t PC or "modern: or "woke" enough either.
So the current leaders at the comic book company—who have no clue about what Superman really stands for—have removed “Truth, Justice and the American Way” at the end of Superman’s motto and replaced it with “Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow.”
Jim Lee, chief creative officer (CEO) and publisher of DC, said in a press statement that the decision is meant “to better reflect the storylines that we are telling across DC and to honor Superman’s incredible legacy of over 80 years of building a better world.
“Superman has long been a symbol of hope who inspires people, and it is that optimism and hope that powers him forward with this new mission statement.”
Lee declined to explain why “the American way” was removed from the superhero’s mission statement.
But we all know why it was removed—so as not to offend anyone, which is such an absolutely stupid, boneheaded thing to do.
What the current leaders of DC Comics do not understand is that Superman not only represents America, he IS America.
The character was created by two first-generation Jewish Americans, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster during the post-Depression, pre-World War II era.
As the Superman character evolved, it took on the guise of every other person who comes to this country with solid goals in mind, and who wants to live the American dream.
He represented those from other lands who came to America, every immigrant, who believed that he could make it here through hard work and determination.
Sure, he was a creation, a mythical figure, but you can bet that when people around the world thought about America, they had Superman in their thoughts.
Superman battled the Nazis during World War II. He stood up for our service members during all the conflicts we had. He backed anything and everything that America stood for.
He even sold savings bonds.
Superman WAS America.
And now, his level has been lowered to nothing but a cowering creature, without America as the base of his beliefs.
This is not the first time that he has been cut down to size. About 10 years ago, the character actually renounced his U.S. citizenship.
He declared: “I’m tired of having my actions considered as instruments of U.S. policy. ‘Truth, Justice and the American Way,' it’s not enough anymore. The world’s too small. Too connected.”
Look, comic books are not what they once were. When I was growing up, comic books were an escape for many kids, a way to read and relax at the same time.
I used to buy them six or seven at a time, at a dime, and then 12 cents, and even at a quarter an issue.
Comic books were changing even then, with more “relevant” stories about race relations and drug abuse, but the direction was still the same, as overseen by the Comics Code, whose stamp was on each and every issue: to uphold the values of the United States, and not to glamorize anything untoward that goal.
I am paraphrasing what the Code meant, but that is basically what is was there for, after some comic book companies in the 1950s took advantage of there being no code of ethics at all, and produced comics that were out of the realm of what these publications should be doing (see the life and death of EC comics for a further explanation of that), leading to these publications being thought of as tools for juvenile delinquency.
Anyway, in the modern era, we are more into anti-heroes than heroes, and I think DC believes that Superman cannot be a true hero anymore if he represents American values.
But funny, Superman continues to represent the “American Way” whether they like it or not.
People from all over the world still want to come to this country to live, work and rear their families, so with all of our supposed faults, America is still the place to be.
And Superman continues to stand for that, again, as an alien himself who came here and lived out "The American Dream" via "The American Way" for the past 80 years.
Why continue to change his focus?
To appeal to those who don’t honor this country for its greatness?
To further indoctrinate readers, both young and old, into far left, anti-American politics?
If this is how it is going to be, then I think it is high time to do something about Superman that is another facet of “The American Way”:
Boycott him and DC Comics big time.
They won’t come to their senses even after a boycott because they have proven to be senseless, and clueless, about this real All-American character, but at least it will alert the company that we, as Americans of every ilk, are not buying into this nonsense.
And what American doesn’t know the full doctrine of Superman, as intoned at the beginning of every episode of TV’s classic series “The Adventures of Superman”?
“Faster than a speeding bullet.
More powerful than a locomotive.
Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.
Look, up in the sky, It’s bird, It’s a plane.
It’s Superman.
Strange visitor from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities beyond those of mortal men.
Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands.
And who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reported for a great Metropolitan newspaper.
Fights a never-ending battle for
TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY.”
And in certain circumstances, it didn’t even start recently, it began years ago.
Case in point is the denigration of the “Superman” character, piece by piece by piece, which reached its low point late last week in a story that was buried because Friday and Saturday news circulation is the slowest on those days.
DC Comics has decided that the mission statement of the Man of Steel—which is so engrained in our collective memory through comic books and the TV series and the movies—is not good enough anymore.
Not isn’t it not good enough anymore, but since it has “American Way” in it, that isn’t PC or "modern: or "woke" enough either.
So the current leaders at the comic book company—who have no clue about what Superman really stands for—have removed “Truth, Justice and the American Way” at the end of Superman’s motto and replaced it with “Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow.”
Jim Lee, chief creative officer (CEO) and publisher of DC, said in a press statement that the decision is meant “to better reflect the storylines that we are telling across DC and to honor Superman’s incredible legacy of over 80 years of building a better world.
“Superman has long been a symbol of hope who inspires people, and it is that optimism and hope that powers him forward with this new mission statement.”
Lee declined to explain why “the American way” was removed from the superhero’s mission statement.
But we all know why it was removed—so as not to offend anyone, which is such an absolutely stupid, boneheaded thing to do.
What the current leaders of DC Comics do not understand is that Superman not only represents America, he IS America.
The character was created by two first-generation Jewish Americans, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster during the post-Depression, pre-World War II era.
As the Superman character evolved, it took on the guise of every other person who comes to this country with solid goals in mind, and who wants to live the American dream.
He represented those from other lands who came to America, every immigrant, who believed that he could make it here through hard work and determination.
Sure, he was a creation, a mythical figure, but you can bet that when people around the world thought about America, they had Superman in their thoughts.
Superman battled the Nazis during World War II. He stood up for our service members during all the conflicts we had. He backed anything and everything that America stood for.
He even sold savings bonds.
Superman WAS America.
And now, his level has been lowered to nothing but a cowering creature, without America as the base of his beliefs.
This is not the first time that he has been cut down to size. About 10 years ago, the character actually renounced his U.S. citizenship.
He declared: “I’m tired of having my actions considered as instruments of U.S. policy. ‘Truth, Justice and the American Way,' it’s not enough anymore. The world’s too small. Too connected.”
Look, comic books are not what they once were. When I was growing up, comic books were an escape for many kids, a way to read and relax at the same time.
I used to buy them six or seven at a time, at a dime, and then 12 cents, and even at a quarter an issue.
Comic books were changing even then, with more “relevant” stories about race relations and drug abuse, but the direction was still the same, as overseen by the Comics Code, whose stamp was on each and every issue: to uphold the values of the United States, and not to glamorize anything untoward that goal.
I am paraphrasing what the Code meant, but that is basically what is was there for, after some comic book companies in the 1950s took advantage of there being no code of ethics at all, and produced comics that were out of the realm of what these publications should be doing (see the life and death of EC comics for a further explanation of that), leading to these publications being thought of as tools for juvenile delinquency.
Anyway, in the modern era, we are more into anti-heroes than heroes, and I think DC believes that Superman cannot be a true hero anymore if he represents American values.
But funny, Superman continues to represent the “American Way” whether they like it or not.
People from all over the world still want to come to this country to live, work and rear their families, so with all of our supposed faults, America is still the place to be.
And Superman continues to stand for that, again, as an alien himself who came here and lived out "The American Dream" via "The American Way" for the past 80 years.
Why continue to change his focus?
To appeal to those who don’t honor this country for its greatness?
To further indoctrinate readers, both young and old, into far left, anti-American politics?
If this is how it is going to be, then I think it is high time to do something about Superman that is another facet of “The American Way”:
Boycott him and DC Comics big time.
They won’t come to their senses even after a boycott because they have proven to be senseless, and clueless, about this real All-American character, but at least it will alert the company that we, as Americans of every ilk, are not buying into this nonsense.
And what American doesn’t know the full doctrine of Superman, as intoned at the beginning of every episode of TV’s classic series “The Adventures of Superman”?
“Faster than a speeding bullet.
More powerful than a locomotive.
Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.
Look, up in the sky, It’s bird, It’s a plane.
It’s Superman.
Strange visitor from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities beyond those of mortal men.
Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands.
And who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reported for a great Metropolitan newspaper.
Fights a never-ending battle for
TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY.”
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