This is for my money the most entertaining of these old Superman cartoons. Really fascinating because of its Native American villain, who terrorizes Manhattan (not yet Metropolis) in order to get the land back for "my people." The white folks at the Daily Planet call his belated desire to decolonize Manhattan "fantastic" and "ridiculous." By having us side with Superman, flying white guy from another planet, as he defeats this villain, the cartoon reaffirms & naturalizes the "right" of white Americans to possess land appropriated from Native Americans by previous generations of white Americans.
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Would have been interesting if this character had evolved into Superman's iconic eternal nemesis instead of Lex Luthor.
Yes.
I wonder how well Lex Luthor was developed as a character when this cartoon appeared. Maybe it had some influence on Luthor's development.
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