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Thats this episodes biggest revelation, but its hardly theonlybig revelation.
So do, well, a lot of other questions.
But lets see what wecananswer aboutThis Extraordinary Being.
How about the title.
But finding a specific reference for this extraordinary being is slippery.
That does sound a bit like what Will goes through this episode, but the connection feels thin.
Does the revelation that Will was Hooded Justice square with the continuity of the graphic novel?
It does … but it takes some bending to make it work.
In the graphic novel, we never learn the identity of Hooded Justice.
It does require some selective omissions from the graphic novel, however.
Thats, of course, not what Will believes.
He spends the episode fighting fascists.
Beyond that, however, Will fits pretty snugly into the established history.
As in the novel, Hooded Justice emerges after the first appearance of Superman inAction ComicsNo.
(They even have a hand gesture that marks them as members.)
And a little whiteface around the eyes hides his racial identity.
Is Nostalgia in the graphic novel?
Its the name of a perfume marketed by Veidt via images from bygone days.
This drug is new, but its history seems to parallel that of opioids in the 21st century.
(For an example of its advertising materials,visit Peteypedia.)
Another problem: Youre definitelynotsupposed to escape into someone elses past.
Why does Superman get such a prominent mention?
Other details muddy up the connection, however.
June is a fellow Tulsa exile, the girl Will finds after being sent away by his parents.
Then theres the matter of Wills bisexuality, which leads to an affair with Minutemen founder Nelson Gardner.
There werent really Nazis in New York, were there?
There were, actually.
The Klan had a presence, too.
In 1927,a reported 1,000 Klansmenparaded through Queens, leading to fights and arrests.
Fred Trump, father to a future president.
Fleshler even resembles the elder Trump a bit in this episode.
Is anything a coincidence on this show?
Is the music significant this week?
What other blanks get filled in?
We learn a lot about Angela in an episode largely dedicated to her grandfather.
June fled New York for Tulsa with Angelas father, Marcus.
We otherwise dont know that much about Angelas parents, but its possible well learn more.
Young Marcus putting on some make-up and telling his father Im like you seems significant.
Is Angela a third-generation costumed adventurer?
Whats going on with Veidt this episode?
Nothing that we see.
Its probably pretty weird, though, whatever it is.
Why did Will kill Crawford?
Thatsthequestion now that we knowwhokilled Crawford, isnt it?
And how, for that matter, did Will know about the Klan uniform in the first place?
The more we learn, the more the mystery deepens.
