 Within the books , the nature of the character 's political opinions was often expressed through his rhetoric , and by heavy use of the Circle @-@ A as a character gimmick . However , other themes were often used when Anarky was a featured character in a comic . In early stories , books would often be referenced to express the character 's philosophical agenda . The earliest example of this was in the " Anarky in Gotham City " and " Anarky " storylines , in which Anarky makes references to Universe by Scudder Klyce , an extremely rare book , and cites passages within it as having inspired his actions . Various books can be seen in Lonnie Machin 's bedroom in the " Anarky " storyline , including tomes named after the ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle , and the Swedish scientist , Emanuel Swedenborg . Within the same storyline , Anarky 's father comments on the political books in the teenager 's room , referring to the Russian anarchist , Mikhail Bakunin , German philosopher , Karl Marx and the founder of Objectivism , Ayn Rand . " The " Metamorphosis " storyline later continued the theme , displaying an edition of Buckminster Fuller 's <unk> near the story 's climax . When asked if he was concerned readers would be unable to follow some of the more obscure literary references , Grant responded that he didn 't expect many to do so , but was " pleased to say several did , " and reported carrying on a correspondence with at least one reader over the course of several years . Besides books , fluttering newspapers were also used as a literary element to convey ideas , often included in street settings and bearing headlines alluding to social problems such as white @-@ collar crime and poverty . Several newspapers also include the titles of political books on their pages . One page bears the title of Noam Chomsky 's series of interviews with David Barsamian , Keeping the Rabble in Line ; another Bill Devall 's <unk> : The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry ; while a third refers to Urban Indians : Drums from the cities by Gregory W. Frazier . 
