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Patriotic Superheroes
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on April 29, 2017 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
end, racial, bonds, Geneva, saboteurs, united, Polish, Simon, successes, Hitler, villains, culture, shell, Japanese, Fawcett, detract, newspaper, propaganda, Shuster, patriotic, Woman, mood, Navy, eye, Japanazis, American
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Pearl Harbor changed the national
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war became the of America
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war the population
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super heroes mirrored this culture
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fought the foe
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endorsed readers to
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support the Red Cross
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buy war
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super heroes had to have super
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villains changed after Pearl Harbor took place
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Germans and were portrayed as sub-human, very negative
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Look Magazine commissioned Siegel and
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creators of Superman
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what if Superman got into World War II
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within a few pages he not only picked up but Stalin also
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and brought them to justice in , Switzerland
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comic books and heroes in WWII
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there were strong stereotypes and racial prejudices incorporated into comic books
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for better or worse reflecting the mood the public
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many comic books were filled with wartime
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and exaggerated, untrue, and unfair stereotyped perceptions of people
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DC Comics: America At War
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heroes that had adventures based in and around World War II
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Joe and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America
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Boy Commandos
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boys that successfully fought the Nazis
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1943: Special Invasion Issue
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Blackhawk
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a resistance fighter
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Hop Harrigan
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premiered in All-American comics
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superhero of the air
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Superman story from daily
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if Superman went into the army, he would simply mop up the Germans and take care of Imperial Japan in the wink of an eye
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they didn't want to from our real superheroes: the U.S. service men
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but readers wanted to know why Superman was not on the front
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Clark Kent can't wait to get into the U.S. Army
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he goes to his physical and has to read the chart
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uses his x-ray vision and ends up reading the chart in the next room
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he fails his eye exam and is out of the service, fated to spend the rest of the days of World War II as Clark Kent the reporter and as Superman fighting and fifth columnist spies who are imperiling America on its own shores
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some covers showed that he was trying to be active in WWII
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more in the position to cheer on the military than shown fighting
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superman products
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1942 hard back book
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capturing in midair an artillery
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Batman parachuting into enemy territory
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from Comics
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Spy Smasher
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Minute Man
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Bullet Man
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Mr. Scarlett
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getting ready to he
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comic book companies were working in cooperation with the government
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label: "be an "
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putting on ads which encouraged citizens to buy war bonds
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special editions for the U.S.
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congratulating service men
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Superman, Robin, Batman shown selling bonds and stamps with a banner, "Sink the with Bonds and Stamps"
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World's Finest Comics
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showed superheros attacking Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini directly
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More Fun Comics
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"attack the Japs"
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Pep comics
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The Shield
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the first super hero
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March 1941
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Captain America
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months before Pearl Harbor
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slugging Adolf Hitler
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one of the biggest of all comic book war heroes
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All-Star Comics Number 8
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Wonder
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1945 VE Day and VJ Day marked the of the war for America
Ideas and Concepts:
American superficiality in wartime, via tonight's Superheroes in American culture course:
"Pearl Harbor changed the national mood. War became the culture of America, it united the population, and super heroes mirrored this change in a symbiotic relationship, since to exist, super heroes need super villains.
We see how comic book villains changed after the Pearl Harbor attack took place. Germans and Japanese people were portrayed very negatively, often as sub-human.
Look Magazine commissioned Siegel and Shuster, the creators of Superman, to create an edition in which Superman gets into World War II. Within a few pages he not only picked up Hitler, but Stalin as well, and flew them both by the collars of their shirts to justice in Geneva, Switzerland."
"Pearl Harbor changed the national mood. War became the culture of America, it united the population, and super heroes mirrored this change in a symbiotic relationship, since to exist, super heroes need super villains.
We see how comic book villains changed after the Pearl Harbor attack took place. Germans and Japanese people were portrayed very negatively, often as sub-human.
Look Magazine commissioned Siegel and Shuster, the creators of Superman, to create an edition in which Superman gets into World War II. Within a few pages he not only picked up Hitler, but Stalin as well, and flew them both by the collars of their shirts to justice in Geneva, Switzerland."
Why Superman didn't fight in WWII, via tonight's Superheroes in American culture course:
"Originally, at the beginning of WWII, DC Comics faced the dilemma that if they portrayed Superman as entering WWII, because of his superpowers, he would simply mop up the Nazis and take care of Imperial Japan within a couple pages, and they didn't want to detract from our real superheroes, the U.S. service men, or make them look weak in comparison.
But readers nevertheless wanted to know why Superman was not on the WWII front in their comic books. So DC Comics created the story that Clark Kent couldn't wait to get into the U.S. Army, but when he went to take his physical and had to read the eye chart, he was so earnest in wanting to pass the test, that he inadvertently used his x-ray vision and ended up reading the chart in the next room.
He thus failed his eye exam and was out of the service, at least in DC Comics, was fated to spend the rest of the days in during World War II as Clark Kent the reporter, and as Superman fighting saboteurs and fifth columnist spies who are imperiling America on its own shores."
"Originally, at the beginning of WWII, DC Comics faced the dilemma that if they portrayed Superman as entering WWII, because of his superpowers, he would simply mop up the Nazis and take care of Imperial Japan within a couple pages, and they didn't want to detract from our real superheroes, the U.S. service men, or make them look weak in comparison.
But readers nevertheless wanted to know why Superman was not on the WWII front in their comic books. So DC Comics created the story that Clark Kent couldn't wait to get into the U.S. Army, but when he went to take his physical and had to read the eye chart, he was so earnest in wanting to pass the test, that he inadvertently used his x-ray vision and ended up reading the chart in the next room.
He thus failed his eye exam and was out of the service, at least in DC Comics, was fated to spend the rest of the days in during World War II as Clark Kent the reporter, and as Superman fighting saboteurs and fifth columnist spies who are imperiling America on its own shores."
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