Metropolis in the Old Days
December 3, 2009
The Comic Journal has a humorous little McSweeney's-style bit about Metropolis prior to Superman:
"I remember the first time I saw the headline "Superman Rescues Orphans." It was like reading "Leaves Fall Up This Year." Up until that time I'd never thought of orphans as something that could be rescued. Back in the old days you'd see the headline "40 Orphans Perish in Flames" and think, "Poor little bastards. I guess they didn't have much to live for, anyway." Before you knew it Luthor was getting his ass kicked up and down Broadway, you kept your money in banks and you had picnics under the dam."
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