The American Way: Those Above and Those Below

In 2018, DC Comics published The American Way: Those Above and Those Below, a single-issue comic written by John Ridley with art by Georges Jeanty. This story serves as a direct sequel to Ridley’s earlier The American Way miniseries, revisiting the morally complex world of government-sanctioned superheroes in a fractured America. The issue deepens the series’ exploration of race, patriotism, and power, offering a pointed, character-driven commentary on the cost of heroism in a deeply divided society.