Conservative media upset that comic book hero Superman does not support white supremacists.

Courtesy of Vox: 

The latest issue of Action Comics No. 987 contains a scalding scene: A white supremacist, fed up with a company that just laid him off, decides to load up his machine gun and kill the undocumented workers he believes took his job. Luckily, in the nick of time, Superman arrives to shield the would-be victims from a storm of bullets.

Given the violent events that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, last month, including a domestic terror attack that killed Heather Heyer, as well as the recent national conversation over the Trump administration’s stance on DACA, it’s easy to see how the plot of Action Comics No. 987 could feel like a knee-jerk reaction and parallel to reality. But in reality, comic book issues and arcs — including this one, which was written by Dan Jurgens and illustrated by artists Viktor Bogdanovic, inkers Jonathan Glapion and Jay Leisten, and colorist Mike Spicer — are planned well in advance. 

Still, the action of preventing a mass murder, which seems in line with Superman’s moral compass, hasn’t come without controversy. Fox News has a column calling the Man of Steel a “propaganda tool for the defenders of illegal aliens,” and the right-wing website Breitbart derided him as “Social Justice Supes.” 

Their argument is that comic book writers and artists have inserted a pro–illegal immigrant agenda into their comics, and that it’s part of a larger trend of politicizing comic books.

If these folks would go back and read their old Superman comics they would realize that the man from Krypton has always protected the downtrodden, and even though a number of white supremacist groups have identified the Man of Steel as the very image of the white superior race, the fact is that since he landed on earth from a completely different planet, and never legally became an American citizen, he is in fact the ultimate illegal alien.

He has also stood up for the social equality since at least the 1950's.

It appears that the White Supremacists need to find themselves a new hero.

This one is a little busy.

Coolest video you will watch all day.

Pretty impressive wasn't it?

I'm a huge Superman fan so that kind of blew my mind.

If you want to destroy the fantasy and find out how they really pulled this off just click here.

That is the problem with possessing critical thinking skills, we can never simply accept that a man can fly.

America is now so screwed up that Superman decides to renounce his citizenship. Good going Teabaggers!

Image couresy of Wonkette.

From Wired.com:

Superman renounces his U.S. citizenship in Action Comics‘ record-breaking 900th issue. But that’s not all the benevolent alien refugee does in the sprawling special issue, which hits stores Wednesday.

It’s a sobering moment, as obvious as it is revolutionary. Superman’s conscientious creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who dreamed up Superman for Action Comics‘ 1938 debut, positioned their deathless hero as an American heartland warrior battling tyranny and evil.

But Superman has always been bigger than the United States, and not just because he was inspired — directly or indirectly is still subject to debate — by Friedrich Nietzsche’s polar-opposite Übermensch.

In an age rife with immigration paranoia, it’s refreshing to see an alien refugee tell the United States that it’s as important to him as any other country on Earth — which in turn is as important to Superman as any other planet in the multiverse.

The genius of Superman is that he belongs to everyone, for the dual purposes of peace and protection. He’s above ephemeral geopolitics and nationalist concerns, a universal agent unlike any other found in pop culture.

It makes perfect sense that the ultimate illegal alien would become troubled by the way that his adoptive home was treating other non-native born Americans.  I mean let's face it America needs Superman far more than Superman needs America.

When was the last time YOU saw America make the world spin backwards in order to save the life of one of its citizens?  Yeah, that's what I thought!

So right about now you are probably asking yourself, "I wonder how the Teabaggers will respond to this news?"  Gee how do you think they will respond?

DC comics has decided to have Superman renounce his US citizenship stating “Truth Justice and the American Way It’s not enough anymore.”

Who buys comics? Mostly Americans I reckon…

How dare they? Do you know how many people are trying to get citizenship? How many are going through pure hell in paperwork and legal costs to do this? The statements are clear that DC (and I must assume that these views are shared by Warner Brothers as well since they own DC Comics) is a fan of the “world view”/world government.

Bleep Superman. I urge a boycott of Warner Brothers, all DC franchises, and particularly Superman.

They intended this to be a political statement, but it is really a slap in the face of the American identity. Show me any one country that has done more for the world than America. We have fought for more people and sacrificed more treasure than any other country in history.

Superman’s real kryptonite is lack of comic sales. Hit them where it hurts, and I bet they’ll be doing a special issue where he retakes the citizenship oaths.

You know somehow I think this boycott is going to be less than successful.  Let's face it, the 40% of the Teabaggers are over 55 years old, while only 22% of them are under 35. How many fifty five year old Superman comic book fans can there really be? citizenship

Maybe the Teabaggers should concentrate on not being such insufferable douchebags, and leave the boycotts to the liberals.

Now if you will excuse me I have to go buy a Superman comic book.

Scientists have just discovered Krypton.

Above a calm, dark ocean, a huge, bloated red sun rises in the sky - a full ten times the size of our Sun as seen from Earth. Small waves lap at a sandy shore and on the beach, something stirs...

This is the scene - or may be the scene - on what is possibly the most extraordinary world to have been discovered by astronomers: the first truly Earth-like planet to have been found outside our Solar System.

This fires up geek genes like nobodies business.

I certainly hope that we discover planets with life on them before my life ends. It would suck to not be around for what may be the most earthshaking discovery of all time. ("Earthshaking" get it?)

P.S. You know when I first posted this it was sort of done with my tongue firmly in my cheek. But then I read this. Coincidence? I don't think so!