Continuing our look at editor and writer Robert Kanigher’s 1943 volume on writing for the comic books of that era.
There’s more to come in future weeks as we delve further into this volume.
How To Make Money Writing For Comic Magazines, Part Two
Continuing our look at editor and writer Robert Kanigher’s 1943 volume on writing for the comic books of that era.
There’s more to come in future weeks as we delve further into this volume.
The Tom Brevoort Experience 
Well I’m glad modern comics can say “Damn” now. Unless I read the part about Parents wrong, Doctor Sivana has both good and criminal children. The circus of spies [ Captain America Comics#5 ( August 1941 ) 1st sory “The Ringmaster of Death” ] and the Patriotic Writer and play has different versions: A movie [ Captain America Comics#3 ( May 1941 ) 2nd story “The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder” ], a comic book [ Sub-Mariner Comics#3 ( Fall 1941 ) Angel story “Death Draws a Comic Strip! — Howard ( villain ) ] and a play [ Marvel Mystery Comics#23 ( September 1941 ) Patriot story “Swastila Over Europe” ( unofficial title ) – Howard ( villain, stage director, self-confessed Bundsman ]— plus I there is a Mike Trapp ( Lets Play Detective Timely Comics story with a Patriotic Writer being killed by a circus stilt-walker ). First time Tom did this, I thought about mentioning the News as a source or inspiration for stories. Jap instead of Japanese was jarring — no matter how many times I have seen it in Golden Age Comics I still shocking.
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This story about Adolf Hitler using doubles [ All-Winners Comics#11( Winter 1943-44 ) Destroyer story “The Real Hitler” ] could be based on the 1939 book The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler which alleges that the Nazi Party used 4 people as doubles for Hitler, including the author, who claims that the real dictator died in 1938 and that he subsequently took his place [ Wikipedia – Alleged doubles of Adolf Hitler ].
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“Don’t poke fun at any race! Instead, here’s how to be racist about the Japanese!”
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