The kids are back for this one, and if you are tired of Bobby and Binks and the Magic Crystal of History then I have good news for you: this is the last Real Person entry that they will completely dominate. You just have to keep your eyes on the long-term goal of seeing a comic where Superman goes back in time to help Hannibal cross the Alps and being able to point at it and go “I bet those…
It’s going to be more Bobby and Binks and the Magic Crystal of History. Remember, this is all technically cannon to Earth-Two continuity, and so is very interesting if you care about that kind of thing. And if not… sorry. Peter the Hermit: Bobby and Binks check out the life of Peter the Hermit, a wandering religious man who is credited as the inspiration for the First Crusade, seen here as he influences the Pope (unnamed here but that’s Pope…
As explained in the last real person round-up, Bobby and Binks’ adventures in time mean that these pocket histories all technically take place in the comic book universe that will eventually become DC Comics’ Earth-Two*, and thus are fodder for this feature. Plus there are, like, so many historical figures in them and there’s a part of me that really cares about getting those numbers up. *this is important for later when we can look back and say just how many of these guys…
Get ready for some real people, now in comic form! Adolf Hitler: Just as a musician knows that they have made it in a certain way because they have been parodied by Weird Al Yankovic, when a 1940s comics character has vexed Adolf Hitler or a transparent analog of him they can rest easy in the knowledge that they have done their part for history. This particular Hitler is vexed by aviation-based duo Shot and Shell. (Military Comics 003, 1941)…