Itemizer-Observer MONMOUTH â Superman started his career during the Great Depression battling corrupt tycoons, abusive spouses, malignant slumlords and anyone else who wielded privilege as a weapon of mass oppression. He and the legion of costumed crusaders who quickly followed were the original social justice warriors. The Man of Steel was also the original Dreamer. He may have come to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, but like so many of todayâs DACA students, he came as an infant without the proper paperwork. Plus, he was a member of the mainstream media â a mild-mannered reporter whose crusading journalism on behalf of truth, justice and the American way might meet with derision in some quarters these days.