Monday, September 21, 2026

Nazi-Punchers YANKEE COMICS "Scarlet Sentry in 'Origin' "

He's An All-American Guy...Who Donned a Canadian Uniform to Punch Nazis!

(To be fair, it was bulletproof!)
It's amazing what you could get by mail-order, even in 1941!
The Scarlet Sentry's never-reprinted premiere, illustrated by Charles Sultan, appeared in Red Seal's Yankee Comics #1 (1941), which was published before America entered World War II due to the Axis attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Interestingly, over half the characters introduced in this issue dealt with obvious or implicit German military personnel, spies, or saboteurs!
Most comic (and pulp magazine) publishers realized war was coming, they juest weren't sure when!
After the invasion of Poland in 1939, they started stacking their character lineups with patriotic heroes and heroines ready to "do their bit" for America!

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Monday, September 14, 2026

Russkie-Smashers CAPTAIN AMERICA "You Die at Midnight!"

If You Liked Captain America & Bucky Punching Nazis...

...as they did for the past couple of weeks HERE & HERE, you'll love them Smashing Russkies!
This Commie-clobbering lead tale from Atlas' Captain America #77 (1954) was scripted by Don Rico and illustrated (with a splash page assist from Carl Burgos) by John Romita Sr!
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Monday, September 7, 2026

Nazi-Punchers CAPTAIN AMERICA "Adventures of Captain America" Conclusion

A flashback to 1944 reveals how Captain America and Bucky were sent to investigate rumors that Nazis were attempting to sabotage production of the (real-life) Adventures of Captain America movie serial!
When the actor playing Cap is shot and wounded during filming, the real CA steps in to take his place!
And it turns out, the rumors were TRUE...

Dekker had gotten away, and survived until the "present day" (1977) where he...well that's a story for another time.
Story by movie serial expert, animation scripter, and occasional comic book writer Don Glut.
Art by Marvel stalwarts Sal Buscema and Joe Sinnott.
Here's a special Hero Histories bonus; a feature from 1964's HTF Warren Publishing's On the Scene Presents SuperHeroes! one-shot magazine about the real reel-life Captain America...

Who Sez Comics Ain't Educational?