Golden Age Political Comic Books - NO MODERN POLITICS! 2 2

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This Is America

 

Produced by Edugraph Productions of New York City, this is a pro-United States Constitution comic book. This is written by Joseph W. Musial. The story is titled “Operation Constitution”. Being informed about government is real preparation for good citizenship! There is no printed date – this looks like it is from 1950-52. Pictured are a rare prototype/advance copy and a color copy.

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We Hit the Jackpot

 

We Hit The Jackpot was produced by General Comics Incorporated in 1948 to promote the idea of a productive America. This points out the benefits of living in our modern society. It urges readers to act as good citizens to preserve America and help build a more prosperous society. The cover shows a baby pulling the arm of a slot machine, with a lifetime jackpot of material wealth pouring out! This particular copy was imprinted for Mrs. Baird's Bread.

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Freedom and Liberty

 

These two comics deal with that rare and precious human condition, freedom.

 

Fight for Freedom is a classic educational comic book that shows “The Picture Story of Man’s Endless Struggle for Liberty”. This was published in 1951 by General Comics Incorporated. This features outstanding art by Dan Barry. This was sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers who proudly state “Freedom Is Worth Fighting For!”

 

The Story Behind Your Liberty

This was published in 1952, also by the National Association of Manufacturers. This shows the original American Revolution and the oppressive conditions which caused it to occur. A quote from the back cover – “Our way of life and freedom is constantly under attack overseas and at home. Will we be vigilant? Will we continue to fight for freedom? Will we keep our liberty? It's up to all of us!”

 

On the ballot box appears the classic quote "The Price of Liberty Is Eternal Vigilance."

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World War II

Politics don’t end during wartime. In fact, they become even more important.

 

The Life Story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

This classic World War II propaganda comic tells the story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

This comic book was produced by the United States during World War II to tell the life story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was produced in at least six different languages for distribution to our allies around the world. These are very rare – we've only seen a single copy for each language.

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Rare World War II-era Anti-U.S. Intervention Comic Book

 

This unusual comic book is a collection of cartoons opposing American intervention in the wars in Europe, Asia, and Africa – what we now call World War II. Its title "To enter the wars now reaching in Europe, Asia and Africa would be an act of national folly from which country must be spared!"

 

This was produced by the America First Committee of Chicago. On their national committee sat Henry Ford and Capt. Edward Rickenbacker.

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Tomorrow The World

 

During World War II, there were not many publications that would even attempt to evoke sympathy for a young Nazi. Published in 1945 by All American Comics (Superman’s D.C. Comics) “Tomorrow the World” looks at a tough question. How were we as Americans supposed to deal with the hatred of Naziism as expressed by a young German boy visiting United States? The comic book was effective in making people think about tough human questions. It ends with the immortal line, “What shall we do with Emil Bruckner?”

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ANTI-COMMUNIST COMICS

The Threat of Communism

 

Communism has proven to be one of humanity’s most deadly ideologies. Communist regimes in Russia, China, Cambodia, and elsewhere have killed hundreds of millions of people in the last 100 years, through murder of political opponents, and by directly causing war, disease, and starvation. Our forefathers warned us against it. In the 1950s and 1960s, Americans used a variety of free comic books to make sure that young readers were aware of the dangers of communism and other totalitarian statism.

 

The Two Faces of Communism

 

“The Two Faces of Communism” was published in 1964 by The Christian Anti-Communism Crusade of Houston, Texas. With dramatic yet comedic art by Pete Costanza, artist for the Golden Age Captain Marvel and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, the comic book show the horrors and deceit behind communist propaganda.

 

Most copies of this comic book were issued in self-covered form. Also shown here is a rare unused slick cover.

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Double Talk

 

This was produced in 1962 by the Christian Anti-communism Crusade of Houston, Texas. This features great artwork by Pete Costanza who draws a clownish but still frightening Nikita Kruschev.

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Threat to Freedom

 

This rare comic is called Threat to Freedom, a picture story exposing communism. This was produced in 1965 by the Standard Publishing Company. This tells a harrowing tale, with art by Bill Martin, about the horrors of communism, with the death, destruction, and oppression that it brought.

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It's Time For Reason Not Treason!

 

This was produced in 1967 by the Liberty Lobby. This is a rare comic book promoting American military involvement in Southeast Asia. It encouraged America to stop the spread of international communism in Vietnam.

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Yalta to Korea

 

This comic book was produced in 1952. It was distributed by the R*publican National Committee. This presents a firm anti-Communist message, but shows fatigue with the disastrous losses of the then ongoing Korean War.

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The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

 

This was published in 1952 by the Small Business Economic Foundation. This features a great story of a shipwrecked group of people that must form a new society. The virtues of free enterprise and the dangers of communism are explored in dramatic detail in this vivid and rare comic book.

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How Stalin Hopes We Will Destroy America

 

This 1951 comic book shows the many methods of economic warfare communists employed to disrupt our society. This was produced by Joe Lowe Co.

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The Plot To Steal the World

 

This is a rare comic book produced in 1948 by R W. Watt of Trenton, New Jersey. This is a great anti-Communist comic book! It shows distorted looking communist goons trying to convince people to give up their freedoms for government by police state. This shows in graphic detail the threat of communist mobilization and takeover of governments. It shows how we can avoid communism by being good Americans. Published “in the interest of a stronger America through work and unity” by the Work and Unity Group of Trenton, New Jersey.

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The Catechetical Guild

The Catholic Catechetical Guild produced many educational and religious comic books, including some classic pieces against communism.

 

Blood Is the Harvest

The disturbingly effective Blood Is the Harvest from 1950 tells the story of a communist revolution and its bloody aftermath.

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Is This Tomorrow? America Under Communism!

 

This classic propaganda comic book from 1947 shows in gruesome detail the horrors after a Communist takeover of United States. Very detailed and gripping!

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The Red Iceberg

 

The Red Iceberg is a classic effective educational comic book about the threat of communism. It shows how Communists use different tactics to take over unions and government meetings. It shows how they use propaganda and recruitment to effect change. This is a very disturbing and informative comic book - lots of effective information! Wherever the communists have taken control they destroyed religion – the comic books shows how it could happen in America. There are several different versions of The Red Iceberg, imprinted for different groups.

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Grenada

 

This 1979 comic book shares the story of the successful American intervention to stop a Communist takeover of the country of Grenada. This presents a graphic but ultimately a very positive look at how the American military saved people from oppression and death.

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LABOR

 

Organized labor movements used several free comic books to show young readers the need to protect workers and their rights.

 

Joe Worker and the Story of Labor

 

“The mighty Joe Worker, hero of labor, goes marching down the ages!”

 

“Joe Worker and the Story of Labor” was created by Nat Schachner and Jack Alderman. This amazing free comic book was distibuted by the Educational Department of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union of New York City. There is no printed date – it looks like it is from around 1948.

 

This giant dark comic book examines episodes of unsavory social injustice through the century, and shows how organized labor helps protect human rights. Jack Alderman was a capable artist who did a lot of exciting work for Crime Does Not Pay comics. In graphic detail, this epic comic book chronicles many distasteful periods in history - indentured servitude, slavery, wage labor, American social change, the struggle for equal rights, and a wealth of other topics! As a chronicle of the seamy underbelly of history, this is like “Birth of a Nation” in comic book form.

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Labor Is A Partner

 

This comic book was produced in 1949 by the Catechetical Guild of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Catechetical Guild produced several anti-communism free comic books. This comic book addresses the threat of communist infiltration of labor movements and how it can harm American industry. It shows labor can truly be a partner in a free and prosperous society.