The Press: Superman Stymied

Last week Superman dropped down out of the sky on a mythical European war front. While shrapnel and machine-gun bullets ricocheted harmlessly off his impervious body, Superman called a 30-minute truce on hostilities between Blitzen and Rutland, dashed off under the eyes of bemused soldiers to "expose this war as a mockery."

Such playboy feats are all very warming to the neutral U. S., where Superman is the No. 1 comic-strip character, a hero to millions of youthful muscle-worshipers; but to a country at war, like Canada, this reduction of a life-&-death struggle...

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