(Sadly Again Relevant) Post Your Anti-Soviet Russia (Putin) Comics 1 1

[Shrevvy]

On 3/2/2022 at 4:42 PM, bounty_coder said:

@MrBedrock lovely copies  let's link one more on the chain 

If any of you haven't taken a look inside of this seminal "Red Scare" book take a look at the spoiler below.  I included some interiors.

To me this is a severely underrated GA funny book.  The great thing is there are lots of copies around (over 84 graded) while it tops out at 9.4 on the census.  Making attractive copies quite affordable.

It's got some crazy stuff going on: Flag Burning Cover, Communists taking over America, lady being choked.  Interior content around Race Wars, Presidential Assassination, Food Shortages in America, Concentration/Work camps in America., and more insane stuff. It's nuts.

 

 

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And so begins our cautionary tale. “The story is sad… the end tragic.”

Communist Jones lays out his diabolical plan: take advantage of the drought that is besieging the country.  Use the crisis as a means to seize power.

 

First, Communist Jones’ head of propaganda, Brown, gets to work.  He starts by making Americans hate each other’s guts.  He sends moles into various clubs and workplaces to infiltrate and start division and dissension.

Brown can rely on Hollywood to corrode American morals.  The respect for life will have to also be squashed.

And, of course, Brown knows he has the media in his back pocket.

Naturally, the workers need to grow to resent the rich capitalists.

 

And a race war is essential to any Commie takeover.

And so, there is murder in the streets.  White vs. Black, Labor vs. Capitalists,.. the American populace is divided and at each other’s throats.

At last, the time was right for Communist Jones to make his move.  He has found an ally in Washington DC – the Speaker of the House, Collins.

First, he needs to get the president and vice-president out the way.

As “luck” would have it, it has been arranged for the president and vice-president to appear together in a parade.

It would be a shame if anyone threw a grenade at them…

Of course, this makes Collins the new president.  Communist Jones props him up to be the hero we deserve, beating the drought.

Collins is weak, and easily hands over much of his power to Communist Jones.

Communist Jones gathers the top generals together and has them wasted.  Now there is no one to stand in the way of his plans.

Communist Jones nationalizes everything, and ensures the schools are under his thumb.

Book burning time.

And, finally, it’s time to take our guns and kill the Catholics.

Anyone who doesn’t fall in line is sent to Alaska…

Finally, Communist Jones is delivering his victory toast when this happens…

 

And illustrated by Charles Schulz.

[JollyComics]

Not so sadistic but intimidation.

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

Anyone see the movie, The Last Days of Stalin? Great comedic take on what happens when a dictator dies and the power struggles that ensue afterwards. It's based on the real story and I read a book that chronicled that; the reality was far darker than the fiction.

Let's see if Mr. Putin survives the next six months.

[Peter G]

All of this war PROPAGANDA is so interesting. Truly, nothing new under the sun.

[ThothAmon]

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[october]

[october]

So good I have to post it again. 

 

[telerites]

[sfcityduck]

On 3/2/2022 at 1:42 PM, bounty_coder said:

 

It's got some crazy stuff going on: Flag Burning Cover, Communists taking over America, lady being choked.  Interior content around Race Wars, Presidential Assassination, Food Shortages in America, Concentration/Work camps in America., and more insane stuff. It's nuts.

 

It is nuts.  A mixture of Catholic social views that I'm not sure they still stick to, anti-labor paranoia, a bit of racism, etc.  But, its of its era.  A great historical artifact!  Today, its confusing because while some of that crazy is still going on, its by different groups for different reasons.  But well worth remembering and seeking out.  I've got a nice copy, and the cover alone makes it worth it.

Edited March 3, 2022 by sfcityduck

[BitterOldMan]

[BitterOldMan]

Worthless new drek.

[Shrevvy]

It's rough, but also hard to find. Australian version.

[Shrevvy]

We published a reprint of Is This Tomorrow a few years ago. I'm going to read it again tonight. I remember it aging better than I thought it would.

[shadroch]

On 3/3/2022 at 1:31 PM, Shrevvy said:

It's rough, but also hard to find. Australian version.

 

 

Interesting how the Australian Commandmants of Citizenship are so different from the U.SofAs.

[Shrevvy]

On 3/3/2022 at 4:00 PM, shadroch said:

 

 

Interesting how the Australian Commandmants of Citizenship are so different from the U.SofAs.

Yes, I thought so too. Be British and Australia makes it all the way up to #2 while Be American is #10. Australia #6 is interesting. 

[sfcityduck]

On 3/3/2022 at 1:27 PM, Shrevvy said:

Yes, I thought so too. Be British and Australia makes it all the way up to #2 while Be American is #10. Australia #6 is interesting. 

Because they know that "socialism" is far different than communism.  The U.S. and all western democracies are in the middle ground between unrestrained capitalism and all encompassing communism in which capitalism is regulated to one degree or another (e.g., it becomes a form of a socialist economy).  Getting stuck on the labels just confuses things.  The question is always:  How much regulation is a good idea.  The answer is always NOT "none" or "full."  The irony is that Russia went from a kleptocratic oligarchy pretending to be communist to a kleptocratic oligarchy pretending to be unrestrained capitalism.  

[BitterOldMan]

One of the first five Marvel Silver Age comics that I read as a young boy.  Nikita Khrushchev even makes a guest appearance. Early Marvels frequently featured subversive Russian spies as villains, including Natasha Romanova aka Black Widow.

 

The other four were Avengers 2 (Space Phantom), Fantastic Four 8 (Puppet Master), Journey into Mystery 88 (2nd appearance of Loki), and Strange Tales 104 (Paste Pot Pete, before he became the Trapster). 

Edited March 4, 2022 by BitterOldMan

[pickycollector]

[pemart1966]

"Is This Tomorrow" has Canadian (in English and French), Australian and US versions (as shown in this thread).  Were there any others?

[buttock]