tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post3278250309468246412..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: An Instructive ThrowawayFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-78066399049523140762014-05-17T12:28:26.132-04:002014-05-17T12:28:26.132-04:00Superman came about as a character during the Grea...<b>Superman came about as a character during the Great Depression, somewhat before the onset of World War II;</b><br />And he was more or less a vigilante then too. While he never set out to kill anyone, he was less than scrupulous about the 'bad guys' not getting hurt/killed or delivering them to the police/jail. <br />(that aspect was introduced due to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_code" rel="nofollow">the Comics Code</a>)<br /><b>A significant number of readers demanded to know why Superman didn't participate in the war -- on the side of the Allies, of course; </b><br />And how the hell that could be written in anything resembling plausibility?<br />Superman could have won WWII single-handedly and in less than a day.<br /><b>The editors of DC Comics replied that their superhero believed the Allies could and should win the war through their own efforts, and that he could do better service to "truth, justice, and the American way" on the home front. </b><br />Also a wise move, as noted in the first entry Superman had <i>his own</i> ''truth, justice and the American Way'' agenda. One plausible scenario is Superman discovering that the Allies weren't all ''sugar and spice and everything nice'' such as the US deliberately <i>goading</i> Japan into attacking to bring the US into the war.<br />Then thinking ''OK, I delivered a gift-wrapped Hitler and Tojo to the White House now it's plain to me that <i>they</i> have been double-dealing as well, guess I need to straighten <i>that</i> out too!'' and who would or could stop him?<br />The only plausible storyline for any of the superheros would be various spy missions.YIHnoreply@blogger.com