#1940s comics

[thebeefsteaktomato]

After 8 months (and a lot of procrastination) I finally finished this billy animation!!

[doubtspirit]

'Bonne Année! Card' from Tintin 'Snow Cards' (1942) by Hergé

[artist-named-chris]

Get a load of this Joker!

[batcavescolony]

@starry-bi-sky here is it. Batman sending real bat to people as a threat. I love old comics 💀💀💀

[mcudc616]

Batman (1940) Issue #1 | The Legend of the Batman

[screams-for-three-hours-straight]

Old batman villains are absolutely fucking insane to me there's a villain who's whole thing is literally injecting people with Ugly Serum(tm) bc hes mad about being Ugly 😭

[kekwcomics]

BRICK BRADFORD #6 (Standard Comics, 1948)

Art: Alex Schomburg

[tawked]

All-Star Comics #21.

This issue contains advice for children in the context of WWII.

Because this is an interesting historical artifact in a way, as it provides a lens to the mindset of the creators, as well as the kind of messages children were receiving after the United States joined the war, I've transcribed every piece of advice below:

Tin cans in the garbage pile are just a way of saying "heil!"

Waste fats in good condition help make fine ammunition.

Boys and girls, every day, can give war aid in many a way - but every time you buy a stamp, you feed the flame in freedom's lamp.

If you have an extra quarter, buy a stamp to make war shorter.

However far soldiers roam, they want to have some mail from home.

Collect old paper, turn it in - help your Uncle Sam to win.

You can walk to school and store. Saving gas helps win the war.

HAWKMAN appears each month in Flash Comics - don't miss it!

Boys are are smart, girls are wise, black markets not to patronize.

Turn out lights not in use - war production needs the juice.

[messages begin to repeat here].

[pumpkinfreak]

Plastic Man Issue #1- 1941

Unlike modern comics, the first issue of Plastic is one story among four. The other stories featured in this sixty-two page comic are The Human Bomb, The Phantom Lady and The Mouthpiece.

Plas's first adventure is of course his origin story. Left for dead after a robbery gone wrong Eel O'Brien flees into...the mountains? The City Eel lives is not given a name, at least not in the first several stories, but it's coastal and near a mountain range. This would lead one to think it is somewhere on the West Coast, but that can't be true for reasons I will explain much (much) later.

Anyway. Eel, shot and exposed to mystery acid, faints on the trail. He is then discovered by a monk. You know how every major city has its local mountain monastery. This unnamed monk takes him in and nurses him back to health, and Eel is so moved by his kindness that he renounces all crime and swears to use his new powers to stop evil.

This issue really makes you think..."Hey, has Eel killed people?" It's just a thought. Because, when he wakes up he thinks he's in Heaven, and is adamant that there is no way he could ever be in Heaven. So, again, has this guy murdered people? It's something to think about, we can also think about his costume. It's almost the same as usually depicted, but the left sleeve is black, and he had little black booties.

I hate the booties. I think Jack Cole was correct in saying "Fuck it, flipper feet" Another fun thing to note. This early version of Plas cannot morph clothes on his body. He has to change his clothes to fully become Plastic Man, or to do any disguises.

Eel using his new dual identities captures his old gang and turns them in. The Police inadvertently dub him The Plastic Man, and almost a hundred years later a random lady on the internet would post about it for the other weirdos to read about.

If you want to read the original 40's run you can. The Digital Comics Muesuem is free to use. They're dedicated to preserving comic book history, please visit, and consider donating.

[spacenoirdetective]

Matt Baker, Nov 1946

[thebeefsteaktomato]

Do y’all see the vision??😭

this is a very rough draft of a comic idea I had, that hopefully I’ll finish but idk😞

[doubtspirit]

'Bonne Année! Card' from Tintin 'Snow Cards' (1942) by Hergé

[realmoftheacornking]

Atta boy, Matt!

[batcavescolony]

Detective Comics #68

Then we have Dick, the Robin that is obviously a pacifist, who is joy and sunshine incarnate

Y'all that boy was ready for a fight since the beginning.

[deathcandylove]

Gala Grimaldo

Grimhilde had a (twin? younger? older? not sure) brother in a 40s comic. In the comics the dwarfs and I think Dumbo call him "Wicked Prince". I named him Grimaldo.

The only two comics I'm aware  that he appears in are: https://www.comics.org/issue/3352/http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1194

[terebifunhouse]

saddle up and hit the high seas as the RCMP sets sail on an exciting new mission that will have you wondering if this isn't outside of their job description, this week at Stupid Comics! https://misterkitty.net/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics879.html