Comic Book Covers Part 2

There were a lot of comic books that were anti-Axis in nature on their covers. The author says that the vat majority of covers that were political were anti-Nazi and very few showed Japanese-related themes during this period. He also talks about the lead time to develop a comic book, meaning that maybe three months or so would pass after a specific event before the comic book would refer to it. (The date given on the comic is usually two or three months after it actually comes out. Thus, a comic released in November might have a February date on it, etc.)

He says the covers used various symbols to refer to the Nazis such as the swastika, the German helmet, a Stuka dive-bomber or a U-boat.

The Stuka dive-bomber.

Hitler was on a lot of covers at the time. He says the covers could re-enforce attitudes to get people more and more against the enemy.

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