Nazi-Punchers BATMAN & CAPTAIN AMERICA "Part 1"

On Its' 30th Anniversary, We're Re-Presenting...

 ...a book-length multiversal Nazi-Punching classic team-up!

To Be Continued...Next Monday

Written, penciled and inked by John Byrne, DC's Batman & Captain America (1996) was officially an ElseWorlds story, AFAIK, the only one of the various DC-Marvel crossovers to earn the classification!
Note: Why are Sgt Rock and Easy Company present, but not even a mention of Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos?

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Russkie-Smashers DETECTIVE COMICS Robin the Teen Wonder "Strike...While the Campus is Hot" & "Drop Out...or Drop Dead!"

Last Week, Robin the Boy Wonder Captured the Nazi Crew of a U-Boat Single-Handed

This Week, Robin the Teen Wonder goes after young adult "rebels" working for Russkies!

This was Part One of a two-part tale by writer Frank Robbins, penciler Gil Kane and inker Murphy Anderson from DC's Detective Comics #394 (1969)!

Normally, we'd wait a week to run Part Two (by the same creative team) from DC's Detective Comics #395 (1970), but we still haven't established the Kremlin connection yet!

So here's the conclusion...and look for the Russkie tie-in...

And here's the Russkie reveal...

And that was how non-urgent crime-fighter communications worked in the pre-internet days!

No emails!

No texts!

Just snail mail!

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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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Holiday Heroes DCU HOLIDAY BASH "I Left My Heart at the Justice Society Canteen!"

Even a World at War Needs a Holiday...

...as this tale, which mirrors how celebrities helped boost morale during the war, shows!

This never-reprinted Yuletide story by writer Howard Chaykin and artist Rich Burchett from DCU Holiday Bash II (1998) is based on the real-life Stage Door Canteen located in the heart of New York City's entertainment district, Times Square, during World War II!
Open to servicemen from any Allied country, it featured actors/actresses, singers, dancers, radio show performers, and the occasional sports star performing and mingling with solders, sailors, Marines, and airmen who never dreamed they ever come face-to-face with celebrities they'd only heard on radio or seen in newspapers, magazines, and on movie screens!
On any given night, guys in uniform might hang out with the Marx Brothers and Orson Welles, while they could dance with Lauren Bacall or Deena Durbin, while the Andrews Sisters sang on stage!

You can read more about it HERE!