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But with the help of Roberta's keen skills of observation, Superman is able to fight the Klan's terror, while exposing those in power who support them-and Roberta and Superman learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart.įrom multi-award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang comes an exciting middle grade tale featuring Superman. They kidnap Tommy, attack the Daily Planet, and even threaten the local YMCA. The Klan targets the Lee family, beginning a string of terrorist attacks. While the Lees try to adjust to their new lives, an evil is stirring in Metropolis- the Ku Klux Klan. She's awkward, quiet, and self-conscious of how she looks different from the kids around her, so she sticks to watching people instead of talking to them. Superman Smashes the Klan will be published by DC in May.Tommy adjusts quickly to the fast pace of their new neighborhood, befriending Jimmy Olsen and joining the club baseball team, while his younger sister Roberta feels out of place when she fails to fit in with the neighborhood kids.
In 1946, the show broadcast the first episode of The Clan of the Fiery Cross, the story of a Chinese-American family moving to Metropolis only to be threatened by a Klan-like hate group before being rescued by Superman in a series that was instrumental in turning public opinion of the time against the Klan. Indeed, the radio show introduced many elements of the Superman character that have endured to this day in the comics. By the 1940s interest in the Klan was growing yet again, while The Adventures of Superman was the most popular radio drama in the country with millions of listeners. In this exclusive preview of Superman and Me, a prose essay-afterword to the forthcoming graphic novel Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang with art by Gurihiru, Yang uses his childhood love of Superman-and his personal experience of racism as a Chinese-American-to deliver a fascinating history of the Ku Klux Klan, the rise of white supremacy in the U.S., and the role the 1940s Superman radio show played in fighting American bigotry.
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