![]() His motivations in protecting his daughter Liza is interesting and is probably the main reason for my wish to explore this series further. Sadly, they killed her quickly, but hopefully with all the multiversal shenanigans going on right now that she would be able to make a return in some form in future story.Īnother new character (to the universe, first appearing earlier in the miniseries) that is interesting is a John Steward version of Power Ring. Typically, in recent stories, Supergirl has been the character reserved and less dedicated to humanity, so it was refreshing and interesting to see her (as Ultragirl) combining the more aggressive version of late with the kind and caring version most people know and love. It honestly is a great subversion to have Supergirl be the one to be full of hope and optimism. I am not quite sure why there was never an Earth-3 version of Kara Zor-E (commonly known as Supergirl), but I am glad that the person who chose to tackle the concept is such an excellent writer. Art by Howard Porter and Romulo Fajardo Jr. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a bit of a light read, but that is to be expected from a 4-page story, but looking at it as a bonus on top of the already great book, it certainly exceeds expectations. Honestly, other than that, there is not much to say about it. She first appeared in 2013’s Aquaman #16 (Volume 7). It honestly is quite a good story about the motivations and origin behind a relatively new version of The Atom, and a relatively new character as well. This backup story was, again, written by Andy Schmidt, but was drawn by Bryan Hitch instead of Kieran McKeown. Vines’ heavy lines on his ink darken the characters in an extremely fitting manner, while Oliff’s Silver Age palette helps create a contrast between the light tone of superheroes and the true, dark nature of the Crime Syndicate.Īll of this is without mentioning the enjoyable, 4-page backup story starring Atomica (the Crime Syndicate and Earth-3’s version of The Atom). Inker Dexter Vines and colorist Steve Oliff knowingly (or potentially even unknowingly) created a perfect contrast for each other. Others, like Capone, weren’t as savvy and got sent up river on tax evasion charges.Lastly, touching upon the final, crucial part of the story, the inking and coloring of this book match the tone of the story completely. Underworld accountants like Meyer Lansky wired money to brokers in Switzerland who would cover the mobster’s tracks and reinvest the cash in legitimate business. When gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931, loads of Prohibition-era mob money was funneled into the new casinos and hotels. Money laundering was another way in which organized crime was forced to get far more organized. The hard part was figuring out what to do with all the cash. The demand for illegal beer, wine and liquor was so great during the Prohibition that mob kingpins like Capone were pulling in as much as $100 million a year in the mid-1920s ($1.4 billion in 2018) and spending a half million dollars a month in bribes to police, politicians and federal investigators. And the Mayfield Road Gang in Cleveland became famous for its rum-running speedboats criss-crossing Lake Erie. Underworld profiteer Arnold Rothstein, famous for fixing the 1919 World Series, ran shipments of alcohol through Lake Ontario, over to the Hudson River and down into the thousands of speakeasies of New York City. Some of the biggest and most lucrative Prohibition-era bootlegging operations imported illegal booze from Canada via the Great Lakes. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929 in Color Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929, Capone’s men dressed as police officers and gunned down seven of the rival gang’s henchmen. By the time Torrio’s protege Al Capone took over, it was an all-out turf war. ![]() In Chicago, Johnny Torrio kept a fragile peace between his Italian-run bootlegging operation in the city’s South Side and the Irish and Polish gangs working the North Side. In the 1920s, Charles “Lucky” Luciano was famous for bringing together some of New York’s biggest Italian and Jewish mobsters to dominate the city’s bootlegging business. Prohibition was the catalyst.” Turf Wars Turn Deadly “In the absence of Prohibition, we wouldn’t have had the kind of syndicated criminality that occurred. “These are very violent people who are used to solving problems by killing them, but eventually they sit down and say, ‘We’ll guarantee peace in your area if you guarantee peace in our area.’ That’s called syndicated crime, this cooperation between criminal groups,” says Abadinsky. Why Princess Diana's 1995 BBC Interview Shocked the World ![]()
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