The plot choices and lines were carefully scripted out in a 16 part serial that was a huge success.
They also used the scandalous behavior of Klan leaders as a model for their villains - showing the organization as greedy, money-hungry cowards. In order for the writers of Superman to take them on, they would need information, much of which came from journalist Stetson Kennedy.
At the same time, however, the infamous hate group known as the Ku Klux Klan was working on building up its membership, spreading fear and divisiveness. After the war, one of the advertising executives asked the question, "What if Superman could teach a generation of children to reject those who preached prejudice and hate?" After the horrific lessons of the Holocaust, the public just might be ready for that. Superman rocketed to fame in 1938, and continued to battle evil in every form through World War II. To understand how that came about, he takes us through Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's creation of the Superman comic book character in the summer of 1934, during the Great Depression. Over a frenetic one-year period, the Man of Steel and the men of hate would pursue their separate paths - and then collide."Rick Bowers hits another one out of the park with this history about how a comic book superhero successfully took on one of the most racist organizations of its time. Superman was looking for a new villain, and the Ku Klux Klan was planning a revival. world leaders were forming the United Nations in New York City. "After the war, the world seemed like a different place.German war criminals were on trial in Nuremberg.
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