Monday, April 13, 2026

Russkie-Smashers DATE WITH DANGER "Spies Walk Alone!"

Not All Russkie-Smashers Wear Costumes...

...because sometimes...to battle spies, you need a spy...like this guy!




Remember, this was the era before we had elegant secret agents in dinner jackets, carrying various kool gimmicks!
(But he still got to make out with the "bad girl"! Some things never change!)
It was a time of down n' dirty action and survival meant using your wits and whatever was at hand!
Illustrated by Ross Andru and inked by Mike Esposito, this never-reprinted story from Standard's Date with Danger #5 (1952) featured a character the publisher might have wanted to do an ongoing strip about, but since the book ended with the next issue, he never returned!

Monday, April 6, 2026

Russkie-Smashers HUMAN TORCH & TORO "Human Torch - Fugitive at Large!"

Since We Spent All of March Punching Nazis...

...it's only fair we dedicate April to kicking Russkie ass, starting with Captain America's fellow Russkie-fighter, the original Human Torch!





Written by Hank Chapman, penciled by Dick Ayers, and inked by Ernie Bache, this tale  from Atlas' Sub-Mariner #35 (1954). is one of the most-reprinted of the 1950s Human Torch stories!
Understandable since its' packed with a lot of action in only five pages!
(BTW, besides appearing in the Men's Adventures and Young Men's anthology comics, the "Big Three" of Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and Human Torch all had backup features in each other's comics!
"Corporate synergy" long before the phrase was coined!)

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Monday, March 30, 2026

Nazi-Punchers BATMAN & CAPTAIN AMERICA "Conclusion" & "Epilogue"

...despite the best efforts of The Batman and Captain America, The Red Skull is about to drop an atom bomb on Washington DC!
However, the least-likely patriot in America's history may just do what they couldn't...
Not content to just change World War II history for two universes, John Byrne tossed in an epilogue rewriting things even further...
And so ends this Multiversal tale, which, sadly, never spawned a sequel.
Personally, I'd love to seen more of this particular Silver-Age Earth...

Next Week, We're Back to Russkie-Smashing!

Monday, March 23, 2026

Nazi-Punchers BATMAN & CAPTAIN AMERICA "Part 4"

Pencils by Jack Kirby from the back cover of Street Enterprises' The Comic Reader #100 (1973), believed to be the first time the King illustrated The Batman!
...The Red Skull had attached The Batman and Bucky (yes, you read that right) to a bomb...which the Nazi witnessed exploding, destroying the building the crimefighters were in!
Meanwhile, Captain America and Robin, discovering The Red Skull and The Joker are working together (though the Clown Prince of Crime still doesn't know that)...
Well, we can see why this book wasn't  called Super-Villain Team-Up (besides the obvious copyright and trademark infringement)!
Be here next Monday for the (truly) Cataclysmic Conclusion!

Monday, March 16, 2026

Nazi-Punchers BATMAN & CAPTAIN AMERICA "Part 3"

...as The Batman and Captain America learn each other's secret identities, and the manipulator of The Joker's decidedly-unpatriotic attempt to acquire top secret military info turns out to be...The Red Skull!
Are Batman  and Bucky  Blown to Bits?
Will the Star-Spangled Avenger and the Boy Wonder be Slaughtered?
And how will The Joker  react to discovering he's being used by The Red Skull  against his own country?
The Answers to these and other questions will be revealed...Next Monday!
Same Cap...er, Bat-Time!
Same Bat...er, Cap Blog!
One Hint: the wildest  is yet to come!
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