Truth & Justice #6 is a chapter in the digital-first series Truth & Justice (Volume 1 (Digital)) with a cover date of February, 2021.
Synopsis for Superman in "The Revolving Door, Part 3"
Master Jailer changes his mind and decides that instead of killing Superman, he'll just show the world that he took him down. He then reveals his face and that his real name is Carl Draper. One of the vigilantes tells him to desist from this, but is told by Bruno Mannheim to let him as he has a mental illness. Draper insists he's not mentally ill and only has impulse control disorder, which causes him become obsessed about certain things. He also tells them that he's tired of being underrated, despite being the best locksmith in the world.
Draper then tells everyone how he came to be what he is. He used to work as a designer of security systems, but never got the chance of being rich and famous, due to the people who hired him. As Superman questions why he went after Bud Oakwood, he states that his disorder caused him to be unable to cope with unexpected obstacles and become angry, but he had this removed using surgery. After getting arrested once, he decided to scam the families of unfairly convicted African-Americans, teleporting the prisoners out and leaving no trace.
Superman surmises that Draper used the masked armed vigilantes as part of his pretension to stop the convicts, who were believed to have escaped. Draper confirms and states he was weaponizing the fear of African-American men among many people, to enrich himself by offering the rich and powerful to apprehend the prisoners, while trying to assassinate Bud in order to raise racial tensions. Noticing the mark of "U.S. Steelworks" on the chains holding him down, Superman breaks out of them and tells Draper that they aren't made out of Red Kryptonite like he believed, only coated in it.
Everyone in Mannheim's headquarters except Draper flee, and he takes out the handcuff coated in Green Kryptonite, while the hero floats in the air. Clark uses his heat-vision to disarm him, before Draper uses his suit's attached spears to attack him. Clark however quickly melts them and encases Draper's handcuff in liquid concrete using his heat vision, before taking him to Stryker's Island Penitentiary. Bud is meanwhile released after being found innocent. Clark later writes a report about how African-Americans are jailed more due to racial bias and tells the readers to consider the social and economic costs of it, with families ruined and billions spent on prisons, while their group has the highest exonerees.
While traveling on a train, Clark gauges the public's mood about his latest piece as usual. An old Caucasian man dismisses it as liberal propaganda and states one can't be arrested if they don't commit crime. An African-American boy however states that people like him will be more easily considered to be criminals, than Caucasians, but is brushed aside. Clark however thanks the article for reading and believing it. As he watches Bud finally reuniting with his mother, he states that both Superman and Clark Kent can make a difference through what they do. Though he can't eliminate racial bias, he will continue to fight for those unjustly imprisoned.
Appearing in Superman in "The Revolving Door, Part 3"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Bud Oakwood (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Bruno Mannheim
- Masked vigilantes (Flashback and main story)
- Master Jailer (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Karli Madison
- Lola Oakwood (Flashback and main story)
- Metropolis Police Department
Locations:
- 1989 (Mentioned only)
- 21st Century
- Metropolis (Flashback and main story)
- Daily Planet
- Stryker's Island Penitentiary (Flashback and main story)
- Metropolis (Flashback and main story)
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Notes
- This Chapter is published in print in Truth & Justice #2.
See Also
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- Discuss Truth & Justice Vol 1 6 (Digital) on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Truth & Justice series