This is from the Captain Marvel series which I thought was a pretty good series, from the view examples I've been able to find. Anyhow, notice the "Capt. Marvel Swats the Japs!" This relates to the idea that the Japanese were someimes thought of as annoying insects, fit only to be swatted.
Now, if you weren't going to swat something, maybe you could slap something. "Play Slap the Jap: Exciting New Game Inside" trumpets the top cover of the comic.
Then there are always sequels, and here is the "Slap the Jap 2" game inside this issue of Daredevil comics.
Then there were always calls to "Remember Pearl Harbor," as on this comic book cover. The Japanese military totally underestimated the US react to an attack on the base.
There were also comics dedicated to an individual battle or series of battles, such as this Guadalcanal Diary.
This comic has the hero talking about the men of Wake Island.
This one is for the men at the battle of Tarawa.
There were also comics that covered the story of individual heroes of the war, such as Admiral Nimitz.
Just as you have heroes, though, you will have villains, and this cover has a mad scientist type Japanese villain.
Even in the midst of war, old-time prejudices are still remembered as on this cover of Captain Marvel. Notice the way the black person is drawn.
There was also the racial theme during the war of the "yellow peril," that the "yellow" race was a danger to our virtuous white women (black women never seemed to be menaced by the "yellow peril," at least as far as I've seen.) These covers are examples of the beautiful damsel in distress theme.
This one has the pure stereotype of the Japanese: big crooked teeth and glasses (in this version, admittedly, goggles.), in the first cover.Comics with SectionsThe comics below have at least one story from them and/or examples of propagandastic artwork. Air Fighters Comics
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