Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan by Richard Bowers

Author:Richard Bowers [Bowers, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-4263-0917-5
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 2012-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Warning that tens of millions of copies of these “sex-horror serials are sold every month,” North blamed comic books for everything from corrupting young minds to straining young eyes to overstimulating young nervous systems: “Their crude blacks and reds spoil the child’s natural sense of color; their hypodermic injection of sex and murder make the child impatient with better, though quieter, stories.”

North’s answer: Parents should substitute comics with classic children’s literature like Treasure Island. His diatribe would establish the pillars of an anti-comic book movement that would grow in intensity for decades to come. North was joined by even more vocal critics, including child psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, and political mavericks. In time the anti-comic book crusaders would carry their cause even further. They called upon district attorneys to appoint decency committees that would ban the most offensive publications. The crusaders even incited communities to sponsor comic book burnings outside public schools, where children collected thousands of comic books from their friends and tossed them into roaring bonfires. As the symbol of the genre, Superman was usually the first to burn.

As the anti-comic book crusaders railed against fictional characters, a far more sinister force was stepping out of the shadows in the real world. The Ku Klux Klan was talking of revival and aligning itself with other racist hate groups. The sleeping giant was stirring again.

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