Forgotten black comic book pioneer Matt Baker, Harlem artist 1921-1959
In 1940 Gotham City (and in the rest of America and the world) , if we can judge by the popularity of certain new super-heroes, moral strength seemed to be equated with physical strength.
Perfect morals requiring a perfect body.
Unfits need not apply to be super-heroes or indeed any kind of hero - moral or physical.
Ironic then if we look deep behind the colourful covers of Gotham's Golden Age of Comics because there we see them mostly written and drawn by weedy Jewish kids from poverty row , along with at least black artist with a bad heart, Matt Baker.
