From Champion of the Oppressed to Truth, Justice, and the American Way: Who Took the Socialism Out of Superman?
Cosmopod · Cosmonaut Magazine
August 31, 202323m 35s
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Show Notes
Hank Kennedy traces the ideological history of Superman, arguing that the populism of the character's early iterations would eventually be shed as a result of commercial interests. Read by: Keir Intro Music: ворожное озеро Гроза vwqp remix
Outro Music: We are Friends Forever performed by Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment.