Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts

Monday, November 10, 2025

Nazi-Punchers HIT COMICS "Ghost of Flanders in 'SpyMaster Sheink Steals the Secret Scouting Plane!' "

He's the Comic Character James Gunn Rescued From Obscurity in the Recent Superman Movie...

...and he's doing what he did best, kicking Nazi asses on the Home Front!






And, that's it!

No "The End" or epilogue.
Another story began on the very next page in the comic!
That's just how things rolled in the Golden Age.
Written and illustrated by George Brenner using the "Wayne Reid" house pseudonym, this never-reprinted tale from Quality Comics' Hit Comics #19 (1942) is straightforward about the concept that spies and saboteurs didn't deserve the niceties of the Geneva Convention!
And, though they didn't show it, it's implied the stolen scoutcraft was recovered.
Ghost of Flanders Will Return!

Monday, October 27, 2025

Third Reich Terrors CHALLENGER COMICS "Golem" (Who He Is and How He Came to Be!)

Our Final Third Reich Terror  Starts out As a Nazi-Punching Tale...

...then becomes the telling of a legend,,,and a parable!
Written by Robert Bernstein and illustrated by Joe Kubert, this story from Interfaith Publications' Challenger #3 (1946) adapting the legend of the Golem of Prague was apparently created during WWII, but didn't see publication until after the war ended!
Next Monday: The Return of Russkie Smashers!

Monday, October 20, 2025

Third Reich Terrors BLUE RIBBON COMICS "Mr Justice in 'Waltz of the Vampire' "

This is actually a "two-fer", since the real (not  fake) Nazi-created vampire in this story...

...is also a werewolf!
Written by Joe Blair & illustrated by Sam Cooper, this never-reprinted tale from MLJ's Blue Ribbon Comics V1N11 (1941) was created and published in early 1941, before the USA entered World War II.
But, America's viewpoint about who the "good guys" were was obvious!
(For the record, I've never seen an American pro-Nazi comic book story, pre-war, during the war, or post-war!)
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Monday, September 15, 2025

Nazi-Punchers DEADPOOL/BATMAN "The Gun & the Sword"

Normally We Don't Post About an Upcoming Comic...

...but this one presents a unique example of cross-company Nazi-punching not seen in over a quarter-century!

Not since 1996's Batman/Captain America, almost 30 years ago, have characters from the Big Two joined forces against Nazis!
And not just any Nazis...
...but Adolf himself!
The tale by writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Terry Dodson, "The Gun & the Sword", is a secondary story in Marvel/DC's Deadpool/Batman, on-sale in your LCS this Wednesday!
Note: the cover at the head of this post is one of the limited-edition alternate covers.
The primary cover is below...
Weird notes: the alternate cover shows Captain America in a comics-accurate costume, and Wonder Woman in a movie-accurate costume!
But the story shows Cap in a movie-accurate uniform and Wonder Woman in a comics-accurate ensemble!
Was this deliberate?
If so, why?
And Cap is left-handed?
He's always been shown as right-handed, not a southpaw!
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Monday, September 1, 2025

Nazi-Punchers STAR-SPANGLED COMICS "Robin the Boy Wonder in 'Robin Crusoe!' "

 Holy Heil Hitler!

Robin the Boy Wonder versus an entire German U-boat crew?
They don't stand a chance!
This tale from DC's Star-Spangled Comics #72 (1947) by writer (and Batman co-creator) Bill Finger, penciler Curt Swan & inker John Fischetti is a post-World War II story, but the submarine crew are clearly Nazis!
A few nitpicky notes:
1) The lush vegetation of the island certainly disproves the opening caption about a 'desert" island!
2) The Batplane has a heck of a flight range for an aircraft of the era!
The Golden Age's Gotham City is located around our New York City, and the tropical foliage of the island indicates it's at least off the coast of the Carolinas, over 600 miles away!
3) The smallest operational U-boat carried 18-24 officers and men.
Obviously, since they were on the run since the end of the war, there were no replacements for casualties, but operating a submarine that size with only 10 people would be difficult at best!
4) There's no mention in Batman, Detective Comics, or World's Finest about Robin wrecking the Batplane!
And when Batman builds an updated one in 1950, three years after this story...
...it's called "Batplane II"!
Shouldn't it be "Batplane III"?
Next Week, Robin the Teen Wonder  battles Russkies!
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