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The Saturday Comics: Hitler (Seriously, Hitler)

15 Oct

October 15, 2011

While Hitler never had his own comic strip or series (at least not in this country, and if there is a German Hitler comic I DO NOT want to know) he was on several comic book covers during World War Two.

Hitler and the Nazis (not to be confused with Benny and the Jets) remain the only real go-to bad guys in pulp fiction, including comic books and B-movies. Even Osama Bin Laden didn’t rise to their level.

In the 1940’s it was easy to put Hitler on a comic book cover, preferably getting punched out by the titular hero, and be sure of sales. And it didn’t matter if he never appeared in the comic. It was common for comic covers to not reflect the contents, but a Hitler cover was an attention-getter.

Even an episode of Doctor Who this very season got in on the act in the episode named “Let’s Kill Hitler.” Spoiler- they didn’t.

 

The most patriotically named of all heroes, Captain America, may have the most covers featuring Hitler, but everyone from Superman to Captain Marvel got in on the Nazi bashing. 

Enjoy the slideshow below of ten comic covers of the Good Guys bashing Hitler.

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Imponderable #21: New York City / Ghana

14 Oct

October 13, 2011

This one is a little wordy. (I got it from the New York Times. Their Motto: Tea Party bashing on page one, other news begins in section C.) I’ll post it at the end of this entry. However, the News of the Weird summary says it all. 

How lousy is it in Ghana if the Chief of the Akwamu people spends half his time in New York City in a smelly garage?

The question is Imponderable.

And before you rush to judgment, the article states that the Chief has a ten-room palace and his office has judicial powers. Plus he gets to bless the yam harvest. Granted, ten rooms is not much as far as palaces go, but how big is your palace?

So despite having a palace and a seemingly cushy life, the Royal Couple travels to NYC to work in a smelly garage.

I ask you again, how lousy is it in Ghana if the Chief of the Akwamu people spends half his time in New York City playing Louie DePalma in a cab company?

The question is Imponderable.

And I hope you got the Louie DePalma reference.

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