r/respectthreads • u/kalebsantos ⭐️ please don’t make me watch the Flash again • Aug 06 '20
comics Respect Superman (Superman smashes the Klan)
The year is 1946, a Chinese-American family, named the Lees, move to Metropolis, but find themselves threatened by the local Ku Klux Klan. The children, Tommy and Roberta, find themselves especially threatened while new friends like Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane and Inspector Henderson try to help and are then similarly targeted. Meanwhile, Superman's own efforts to assist the children are complicated by disturbing visions that prove linked to his own self-doubts and confusion about his own self-identity.
Strength
Lifts two klansmen by the scruff of their necks and casually tosses one away
Pushes a small lead ball into the barrel of a kryptonite cannon
Speed
Runs around the Daily Planet so fast he creates a whirlwind so strong it puts out a fire
Runs from Metropolis to Smallville in a short amount of time
Durability
Takes a punch from The Atom Man who can crack concrete with his punches
A cheap sword broke against his chest and a klansman hurt his hand when he punched him
Super Senses
Implies he should hear someone drowning in a river despite the kids not being able to
Could hear his parents whispering through a closed window kid
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u/FixBayonetsLads Aug 06 '20
“And your race”
“Uh...alien?”