Word: supermanic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Superman got a high priority rating last week: the Navy Department ruled that Superman comic books should be included among essential supplies destined for the Marine garrison at Midway Islands. For the tough Marines, as for all U.S. Armed Forces, the Man of Steel is still super-favorite reading...
...Superman is now in a really tough spot that even he can't get out of. His patriotism is above reproach. As the mightiest, fightingest American, he ought to join up. But he just can't. In the combat services he would lick the Japs and Nazis in a wink, and the war isn't going to end that soon. On the other hand, he can't afford to lose the respect of millions by failing to do his bit or by letting the war drag...
...decadent democrat against "one armed superman," purring Leslie Howard, talkily proficient, bags a Nazi. French-Canadian Trapper Olivier is less fortunate -the Nazis kill him. Invaders' star, Nazi Portman, is so good that his performance almost destroys the film's propaganda value. He and his arrogant, tough, single-purposed band struggle so well against such long odds that they become sympathetic instead of repulsive. By contrast, their democratic conquerors seem soft and befuddled...
...Shuster, who draws Superman, took up art instruction in a free-hand drawing class in Cleveland...
...Shaw's Man and Superman...