(Note: Due to some sound issues, we were forced to re-record a couple of spots in the first few minutes of the podcast.)

In this episode, we kick off 2021 with one of the best-reviewed books of 2020: Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru, published by DC Comics!

Taking inspiration from the 1940s radio serial The Adventures of Superman, this three-issue limited series follows the Chinese-American Lee family as they arrive in Metropolis, where they're met with open arms, but also unintentional microaggressions and racist jokes. They also attract the attention of the Klan of the Fiery Cross, which kicks off a campaign of intimidation to drive them out of town, including cross-burning and kidnapping!

Can young Roberta and Tommy Lee help the Man of Steel stop the Klan before lives are lost? Can Superman make sense of his troubling visions and discover the truth about his alien heritage? And can this book find a home in that promised land known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:

• Do certain story choices diminish the threat of the Klan?
• The secret origin of Tommy Lee
• Superman vs. Hollywood by Jake Rossen
• The Adventures of Superpup
• Caliban's War and Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
• Superman: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon
• Flash Gordon: On the Planet Mongo by Don Moore and Alex Raymond

Join us in two weeks as we discuss Raina Telgemeier's Eisner Award-winning 2010 graphic novel, Smile!

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