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minus-squareusernamefactory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoYou prompted me to look up an article, and it’s an interesting history. Apparently, “the American way” didn’t actually appear in a comic until 1991. It’s almost exclusively a phrase for radio and television. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/heres-how-supermans-iconic-motto-of-truth-justice-and-the-american-way-evolved-over-time-180986927/
minus-squareLordCrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoYou should also look up the images… Nothing like Batman and Robin on the front lines while still telling kids to buy war bonds in the ads.
You prompted me to look up an article, and it’s an interesting history. Apparently, “the American way” didn’t actually appear in a comic until 1991. It’s almost exclusively a phrase for radio and television.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/heres-how-supermans-iconic-motto-of-truth-justice-and-the-american-way-evolved-over-time-180986927/
You should also look up the images… Nothing like Batman and Robin on the front lines while still telling kids to buy war bonds in the ads.