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Well, it didn't take long. DC's recently solicited (July18 Previews) Hardcover for the Shazam Monster Society of Evil, which was already announced then aborted a few years ago had again been cancelled and will not be re-solicited - https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/08/01/dc-comics-cancels-shazam-the-monster-society-of-evil-hardcover-over-racist-concerns/

I was looking forward to the collection.

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1 hour ago, Scrooge said:

Well, it didn't take long. DC's recently solicited (July18 Previews) Hardcover for the Shazam Monster Society of Evil, which was already announced then aborted a few years ago had again been cancelled and will not be re-solicited - https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/08/01/dc-comics-cancels-shazam-the-monster-society-of-evil-hardcover-over-racist-concerns/

I was looking forward to the collection.

Too, bad.  An awful lot of comics from the era contained racist stereotypes, particularly, of course, of Japanese soldiers.  For better or worse, it's a part of our pop culture history. 

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16 minutes ago, Sqeggs said:

Too, bad.  An awful lot of comics from the era contained racist stereotypes, particularly, of course, of Japanese soldiers.  For better or worse, it's a part of our pop culture history. 

It wasn't called "racist" in those days. It was called "patriotism"...

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20 hours ago, Sqeggs said:
21 hours ago, Scrooge said:

Well, it didn't take long. DC's recently solicited (July18 Previews) Hardcover for the Shazam Monster Society of Evil, which was already announced then aborted a few years ago had again been cancelled and will not be re-solicited - https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/08/01/dc-comics-cancels-shazam-the-monster-society-of-evil-hardcover-over-racist-concerns/

I was looking forward to the collection.

Too, bad.  An awful lot of comics from the era contained racist stereotypes, particularly, of course, of Japanese soldiers.  For better or worse, it's a part of our pop culture history. 

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