Out DC Loving Democratic Congressman Will Take His Oath on First Issue of Superman

As the Republican majority in the House of Representatives flails in its attempt to elect a House speaker, one member of the opposing caucus is also sticking to his ideological guns.

DC Comics loving Congressman Robert Garcia will be proudly sworn-in to Congress on the U.S. Constitution. Underneath the Constitution will be three items that mean a lot to him personally.

A photo of his parents who he lost to Covid, his citizenship certificate, and an original copy of Superman #1 from the Library of Congress.

Will be proudly sworn-in to Congress on the U.S. Constitution. Underneath the Constitution will be 3 items that mean a lot to me personally. A photo of my parents who I lost to covid, my citizenship certificate & an original Superman #1 from the @librarycongress. 🇺🇸😊 pic.twitter.com/YGW43OLsIp

— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarcia) January 3, 2023

Elected as Mayor of Long Beach in 2014, Garcia was the youngest, first openly gay, first Latino. He used his power to promote pro DC policies, such as hiding secret DC fanboy messages, in the construction of a new community center and calling for the release of the Synder Cut of Justice League.

Garcia, meanwhile, continued to ascend to national power, winning his election to California’s newly redrawn 42nd District. Garcia will represent not just the people of his district but all comic book fans.

Superman #1 is the first issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1939 and was published on May 18, 1939 and written and illustrated by Kal-El’s creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

In the issue:

The doomed planet Krypton was about to explode. A scientist on it placed his infant son in a rocket-ship that eventually landed on Earth. It was found by John & Mary Kent, who turned the baby over to an orphanage. His feats of strength were already apparent, and they were all too ready to give him back to the Kents when they showed up and asked to adopt him. After the death of his parents, Clark Kent, the boy’s human name, tried to get a job at the Daily Star, but was turned down because of his lack of experience.

Hearing about a riot at the county jail, he heads over there to try to prove his worth. After dispatching the mob that is trying to kill a prisoner, the prisoner gives him some information. It seems that Bea Carroll, singer at the Hilow Night Club, killed Jack Kennedy and framed Evelyn Curry for the murder. He tells Daily Star editor George Taylor what he knows about the riot, and Taylor hires him on the spot.

The mint condition value of Superman #1 is unknown. The highest-rated CGC copy to sell publicly is an unrestored 5.5 that sold for $214,000. An unrestored 5.0 sold for $360,000 in July 2020, which is a decrease from its April 2019 value of $456,000. An unrestored 4.0 sold for the cost of $348,000.

Superman first appeared the previous year in Action Comics #1.