By Bill Watterson
Calvin, the six-year-old soiled tricksmeister and grasp of indignation and his hot, cuddly thinker sidekick and Hobbes, a tiger whose proposal of event is to lie on his again via the fireplace and feature his abdominal rubbed. This not likely due captured the hearts, the minds, and, so much of all, the humorous bones of the United States. The necessary Calvin and Hobbes comprises an unique full-color part, in addition to the entire cartoons showing in The Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific growth is going "Boink." All Sunday cartoons are offered in full-color.
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Indb 18 7/18/11 12:54 PM COLOR THEM BL ACK “They whipped the Green Lantern. ” The caption “Beware My Power” is placed toward the bottom of the page. The striking cover art and rage-filled declaration of revenge telegraphed a sensational racial drama inside the comic book. John Stewart’s first mission as a superhero is to protect a white politician who is an overt racial bigot. The politician plans to stoke racial hostilities by having a white police officer killed as a result of a phony attempt on the politician’s life by a black gunman.
But the John Stewart character of the comics and animation series has become one of the most traditional and successful symbols of racial diversity, and can be considered a mainstream superhero. A testament to Stewart’s foothold in the mainstream is the fact that several different versions of his toy action figure were made, a difficult feat for any black superhero. 27 Not only has Hal Jordan regained his power ring in the comic book universe, but a film adaptation of Green Lantern looms on the horizon, which is sure to establish the original white character as the definitive emerald knight.
Muhammad Ali (1978) comic (formally All-New Collectors’ Edition #C-56). The cover was exquisitely evocative of deep-seated yet familiar racial antagonism present in the American body politic. Although the narrative inside the comic has Superman temporarily forfeit his powers to fight Ali, combined with a feel-good racial reconciliation message, the magnitude of the racial symbolism presented on the cover dwarfs any concessions concerning Superman’s abilities. Displayed on the cover of the oversized comic book are Superman and Muhammad Ali, wearing boxing gloves, facing each other at the center of the ring, and preparing to throw the first devastating punch with a massive crowd of superheroes, celebrities, and everyday folk as spectators.