Showing posts with label communist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label communist. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The Russkies are Coming! ATOMIC SPY CASES "Operation H.M."

Think we're paranoid about the (unnamed, but obvious) enemy discovering our atomic secrets?
Look at how nutso we were back in the 1950s!
(BTW, the "Based on TRUE Stories" caption is a total lie!)
The lead story from this Avon Comics 1950 one-shot with a Norman (Mars Attacks) Saunders cover exemplifies the "Russkies/Chinese under the bed" paranoia of the era!
With imperialist running dog Putin going Don da Con-level bonkers, perhaps it was, in fact, justified!
Regrettably, neither the writer nor artist(s) are known.

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

CoronaVirus Crime Comics SCOTLAND YARD "Little Al of the Secret Service in Case of the Microbe Menace"

When Commies attempt to use biological warfare on US soil...
...only America's brave intelligence agents can uncover and neutralize the threat!
This never-reprinted story from Charlton's crime anthology Scotland Yard #3 (1955) is actually previously-unpublished inventory from Ziff-Davis' Little Al of the Secret Service (previously Little Al of the FBI) that Charlton acquired when Ziff-Davis' short-lived comic division closed and they sold the previously-published and never-published material to recoup costs.
Illustrated by Mike Roy, the story is probably written by Ziff-Davis' comics editor Jerry (Superman) Siegel.
Little Al was called that because, though he was shorter than average but so feisty and determined that he overcame that height disadvantage with martial arts skills and superb deductive abilities.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

CoronaVirus Crime Comics SPY AND COUNTERSPY "Man Hunt from the East"

Commies and bio-weapons...
...just went hand-in-hand during the Cold War, as this never-reprinted tale from ACG's Spy and CounterSpy #1 (1949) demonstrates!
Does this mean that, in typical 1940s-50s fashion, she'll give up her spy-busting career and get married?
Since both the writer and artist are unknown, we can't ask them!
Note: the character never appeared again, so...
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