Despite the title of the book, the author does not get to that particular subject until over three-quarters of the way through and then not a whole lot is said about it. Leading up is some nicely detailed and very interesting history of the evolution of Superman, comic books, and the Ku Klux Klan. Susan Campbell Bartoletti offers a much better overview of Klan history in They Called Themselves the KKK, but Bowers gives a good deal of attention to a fascinating character named Stetson Kennedy. A letdown in many respects but still worthwhile.
