theyve been doing superman dirty for so long now. in these early stories he's stalking corrupt lobbyists and businessmen and threatening to beat them to death if they don't sign up for the New Deal it's awesome

Golden Age Superman also engaged in single-handed slum removal, automobile safety, public housing, and international relations. In an era as corrupt and agitated as the 1930s, Superman had to take an active role in creating a better world instead of preserving the status quo.

When Clark realizes that because a bunch of poor people technically have homes (shanty houses) and if they get destroyed then the govt will build new ones, he razes them all to the ground lol

This is from one of the first 3 Superman comics and it directly states he’s “champion of the oppressed”. But he later became utilized for American propaganda and a lot of his “boring boy scout” reputation comes from that very limited writing. They definitely do the character so dirty.

Literally a Social Justice Warrior. Grant Morrison talks a lot about the "hostile makeover" from the original version of Superman to the post-WW2 Big Blue Boy Scout in their book Supergods.

iirc in the first comic hes trying to prevent us involvement in ww2

Has Superman been a satire of the print media this whole time?