Nazi-Punchers THE SHADOW "Diabolical Dr Demon!" Part 2

 We Have Already Seen...

(Actually, this cover scene hasn't occurred...yet!)

The Shadow, tracking Dr Demon, has arrived just as the Nazi fiend is about to form an alliance with Shiwan Khan!

But the long-time arch-enemy of He Who Knows What Evil... has a quite different idea...

Curiously, Shiwan Khan in the Archie series apparently doesn't have the same mind-controlling powers as The Shadow...although they are utilized in his other comics appearances!
And, I have to ask, did this Shadow series influence the1960s Batman TV series...which began filming several months after this particular issue appeared...the way the original Shadow pulp stories influenced the Caped Crusader's early tales?
The entire story could just as easily be a two-part episode of the Batman series with a few name changes!

Note: Due to the RetroBlogs Summer Blogathon, we're taking a break from Nazi-Punching & Russkie-Smashing (as much fun as they are) for a special crossover presentation with Atomic Kommie Comics starting next Monday, featuring a never-reprinted Silver Age tale by a noted comics/sci-fi writer...

The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker by Otto Binder!
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Nazi-Punchers THE SHADOW "Diabolical Dr Demon!" Part 1

Looking for this guy?

He ain't here!

But we do have someone with the same name, wearing green and blue/purple tights, armed with all sorts of weird weapons!
BTW, despite the snarky opening, this is Lamont Cranston, unfortunately "updated" and camped-up for the Swinging '60s!

To Be Continued

Next Monday!

Note: this never-reprinted story by writer Jerry (Superman) Siegel and artist Paul Reinman from Archie's The Shadow #4 (1965) was published only 20 years after the end of World War II, so the idea of first-generation (albeit elderly) Nazis, especially ones with high-tech weaponry, still running around and creating havoc wasn't unreasonable, especially in pop culture!

In fact, it was the basis of the last Indiana Jones movie (set in the 1940s and the 1960s)...

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Nazi-Punchers HIT COMICS "Ghost of Flanders in 'Snatching Spies!' "

The Golden Age Character Who Fought Nazis Using an Identity Based on a World War I Poem Returns...

...and if you're confused by that statement, click HERE for an explanation!

Then come back and enjoy the story!

Written and illustrated by George Brenner using the pen-name "Wayne Reid", this never-reprinted story from Quality's Hit Comics #20 (1942) adds a new wrinkle to the series, a German virtual Übermensch...a physically-perfect man, not unlike our own Doc Savage!

But righteous patriotic anger powers our hero, who manages to defeat the stronger enemy, like a David taking-down a Goliath!

Ghost of Flanders Will Return!

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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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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