Post originally by Bhikku at 2005-04-14 02:22:49
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The book certainly paints racist lynch mobs in a bad light, and seems to suggest that, had there been real-live superheroes striving to serve justice under secret identities, then the conformist and McCarthyist atmosphere of the era would have lashed out against them, and that this is a Bad Thing.

To me this suggests the cultural backlash against comics in the 50s. You can read more into it if you like, but the story didn't seem very political to me.