Politically-incorrect comic book stories from the 1930s-1980s. May contain nudity and/or material considered racist or sexist today, but at the time of publication were considered "normal". We do NOT condone racism or sexism, and these stories are presented in a historical context and will show how we've (hopefully) evolved.
...it's not often you see the story's bad guy facing certain doom, eh?
Now that, boys and girls, is how you do a chapter in a serial! Move the entire planet!
Punch Adolf Hitler in the nose!
And go toe to claw with a plethora of mutated creatures!
The big problem is...how do you top it? Be Back Here on Wednesday to Find Out! Please Support Not Safe For Work Comics!
...now that the comic has synopsized the tale, we'll point out you'll be seeing a classic example of "benign racism'!
Actually, you can see the next chapter right here...
TOMORROW!
Steamboat was introduced in the Captain Marvel strip in one of Fawcett's anthology titles, America's Greatest Comics #2 (1942) as a food pushcart owner attacked by criminals.
He became Billy Batson's valet (paid by WHIZ Radio), and it's in that capacity we see him here.
Don't even ask how an under-18 kid has his own penthouse , or was able to sign a contract with a radio station.
As they Say on Mystery Science Theatre 3000...
"If you're wondering how he eats and breathes And other science facts, Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show, I should really just relax...")
Nippo from Nagasaki is hardly the most egregious example of wartime racism against the Japanese.
Captain Marvel's competition, Superman, presented a nastier one in one of his Fleisher Brothers-produced cartoons...
Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by CC Beck and Pete Costanza, this particular tale doesn't show any of the Japanese as monkey-like twisted creatures, as many of the comics and cartoons of the era do.
And I suspect the use of "Nagasaki" in Nippo's full name was mere alliteration, not foreshadowing of the city being the target of the second atom bomb a couple of years later...
The African cannibals above combine the "minstrel show" stereotype appearance (big eyes, thick lighter-color lips) with a stilted-English speech pattern more like Tarzan's than the Southern patois common for American Black portrayals (as you'll see tomorrow).
Unfortunately, this was, more or less, standard for popular culture of the time, as the following cartoon, "Jungle Jitters" from 1938, shows...
Otto Binder scripted, and CC Beck & Pete Costanza illustrated this 2nd chapter of the Monster Society of Evil serial from Fawcett's Captain Marvel Adventures #23 (1943).
