Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States forms of racial discrimination or social issues in American society at large, and that their community is thriving, having "gained" socioeconomic success through their own merit. Fu Manchu and Charlie Chan are two important and well-known fictional East Asian characters in America's cultural history. Created by Sax Rohmer and Earl Derr Biggers in the early part of the 20th century, Fu Manchu is the embodiment of America's imagination of a threatening mysterious East Asian people while Charlie Chan is an apologetic submissive Chinese-Hawaiian detective who represents America's archetypal "good" East Asian. Both characters found widespread popularity in numerous novels and
Charlie Chan as Lee Chan, Number One Son, and Dorian St. George was the announcer. "Radio Life" magazine described Begley's Chan as "a good radio match for Sidney Toler's beloved film enactment." A "Charlie Chan" comic strip, drawn by Alfred Andriola, was distributed by the McNaught Syndicate beginning 24 October 1938. Andriola was chosen by Biggers to draw the character. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the strip was dropped in May 1942. Over decades, other Charlie Chan comic books have been published: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Prize Comics' "Charlie Chan" (1948) which ran for five issues. It was