Russkie-Smashers BLACKHAWK "Lost Island"

You've Seen Blackhawk and His Men Smash Russkies All Over the World, and Even on The Moon...

...now witness them doing so on an island with a time-lost population!

Written by Robert Bernstein, penciled by Dick Dillin, and inked by Chuck Cuidera, this never-reprinted tale from Quality's Blackhawk #101 (1956) brings back the shadow of European imperialism as everybody (including America) tries to claim an island which is already inhabited!

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Nazi-Punchers SEÑORITA RIO "Trapped in the Swastika Web"

We Start June Off with One of the Hottest Nazi-Punchers You'll Ever See...

"Señorita Rio" was the code-name given to popular Hispanic-American film actress Rita Farrar (real name: Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas), as she spied on against Axis agents in Central and South American countries during World War II.

She was proficient with weapons, and could handle herself in perilous situations, requiring rescue by male associates far less frequently than most heroines of the Golden Age of Comics.
Based on real-life actress and World War II pin-up queen Rita Hayworth, whom most people don't realize was Hispanic/Irish-American (Her real name was Margarita Carmen Cansino), Señorita Rio started as a backup feature in Fiction House's Fight Comics #19 in 1942, and took over the cover slot as of #37 for a year.
After that, she remained as a backup until #71 (1951), as the series ended with her retiring from espionage and returning full-time to her acting career.
The first few Señorita Rio stories, including this premiere tale, were illustrated by noted Golden and Silver Age artist Nick Cardy (using his full name Nick Viscardi), but the bulk of her tales were rendered by one of the few female comic book artists of the era, Lily Renee, who did spectacular work in every comics genre: sci-fi, adventure, superhero, war, western, horror, and romance!

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Russkie-Smashers DOLL MAN "Man with the Iron Face!"

Russkie-Smashers Come in All Shapes and Sizes...

...even if they're only as big as an action figure...or a doll!

Created by Will Eisner and Lou Fine in Quality's Feature Comics #27 (1939), Doll Man had a longer career than many other Golden Age characters, continuing in Feature Comics until #139 (1949) and his own book from the first issue in 1941 to #47 in 1953!

During that stretch, he battled Nazis, gangsters, monsters, aliens, ghosts, and finally Russkies, as shown in this never-reprinted story from Quality's Doll Man #45 (1953), written by Bill Woolfolk, penciled by Chic Stone, and inked by Chuck Cuidera.

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Nazi-Punchers CAT-MAN COMICS "BlackOut: Who He Is and How He Came to Be!"

You've already read the final adventure of BlackOut HERE...

...now you'll witness how and why jaded Berlin-based reporter Jack Wayne became such a dedicated fighter for freedom!

Though not an aviator, the multi-talented ex-reporter operated throughout Germany in Holyoke's Cat-Man Comics #10 through #24, proving equal to any challenge presented, except cancellation!
This origin tale from Cat-Man Comics V2N15 aka #10 (1942) was illustrated (and possibly written) by Robert Brice, but nobody knows for certain!
Later in his career, Brice was credited with scripting his own horror, romance, and war stories, so I'm willing to attribute BlackOut to him as a solo, all-in-one creation!

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Take That, Adolf!

Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War!

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Russkie-Smashers PRIMUS "Saboteur"

Before "detente" occured in the mid-1970s...

...the Russkies were reliable baddies in fiction, as this never-reprinted comics tale, derived from a short-lived TV series in 1971-72, demonstrates!

Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Joe Staton, this tale from Charlton's Primus #7 (1972) was one of two tales in the same issue with Russkies as the bad guys!

(The other story involved a plan to have an impersonator replace President Nixon!)

The syndicated TV series detailed the adventures of Carter Primus (Robert Brown), scuba-diving scientist-adventurer dealing with everything from eco-terrorists to drug-runners to Russkie spies!

Because it ran during the Family Hour (7-8pm) it was limited as to how much violence it could show.

As a result, it wasn't even as action-packed as it's 1960s predecessor Sea Hunt, starring Lloyd Bridges!

So, unlike Sea Hunt, which ran for 155 episodes, Primus sank without a trace after only 26 shows.

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