Electricmastro Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, IngelsFan said: The April issue was the Hitler cover. February was an outer space cover. VERY cool to know that this is the first Hitler cover. Here are both I suppose also worth mentioning is the cover which recently came to my attention while browsing on GCD (Judge #2693, August 1936): Edited July 8, 2020 by Electricmastro sagii and IngelsFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 What is generally considered the first WWII cover? I've seen arguments for Action 11 from April of 1939. Before the war started but tensions were running high. I've also seen an argument made for War Comics #1 (Dell publishing), which was March 1940. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, KCOComics said: What is generally considered the first WWII cover? I've seen arguments for Action 11 from April of 1939. Before the war started but tensions were running high. I've also seen an argument made for War Comics #1 (Dell publishing), which was March 1940. Brookwood’s Speed Comics #1 (October, 1939) seems to specify the war on the cover as taking place in World War II based on the skull symbol, as it’s possibly the Nazi totenkopf symbol. The 1X B around the skull could also possibly be a reference to the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag IX-B. It may have at the very least been the first World War II cover released while World War II was officially going on. Edited July 8, 2020 by Electricmastro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, Electricmastro said: Brookwood’s Speed Comics #1 (October, 1939), seems to specify the war on the cover as taking place in World War II based on the skull symbol, as it’s possibly the Nazi totenkopf symbol. The 1X B around the skull could also possibly be a reference to the prisoner-of-war camp Stalag IX-B. It may have at the very least been the First World War II cover released while World War II was officially going on. That's super cool. I've never seen that one before! Thanks for the info! Electricmastro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, KCOComics said: That's super cool. I've never seen that one before! Thanks for the info! You’re welcome! Also worth noting is Wonderworld Comics #5 (September, 1939), which is said to have gone on-sale in July, before World War II officially began, but also has a vehicle with a skull symbol on it. Edited July 8, 2020 by Electricmastro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, Electricmastro said: You’re welcome! Also worth noting is Wonderworld Comics #5 (September, 1939), which is said to have gone on-sale in July, before World War II officially began, but also has a vehicle with a skull symbol on it. That's another super cool one. I haven't seen either of these. Electricmastro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
