{"id":184,"date":"2024-06-16T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:29:32","slug":"real-person-round-up-003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"REAL PERSON ROUND-UP 003"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once more they ride: the REAL PEOPLE OF COMICS <\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln<\/b>: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Lincoln’s shadow is used to symbolize the power of the US exerting a calming effect on the European belligerents. (Smash Comics 005, 1939) <\/p>\n

Adolf Hitler<\/b>: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Chancellor Rudolf of Wurtberg here is a more dynamic than usual Hitler analog (Smash Comics 004, 1939)<\/p>\n

Misc minor appearances:<\/p>\n

Getting some bad news about Nazi operations in Yugoslavia (Blue Ribbon Comics 015, 1941)<\/p>\n

Captain Kidd<\/b>: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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For no particular reason this aviator\/ adventurer is named after him. (Fantastic Comics 001, 1939) <\/p>\n

Franklin Delano Roosevelt<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Discusses the threat of the Black Hand With J. Edgar Hoover<\/b> (Blue Ribbon Comics 016, 1941)<\/p>\n

Misc Minor Appearances: appraised of the danger of invasion by Vlamir Koran (Smash Comics 001, 1939) <\/p>\n

Seen ordering Americans in Europe to return home; meets Black Ace\/X after he saves the transports that are returning them. (Smash Comics 003, 1939)<\/p>\n

Determines to defensively arm the US (Smash Comics 005, 1939)<\/p>\n

H.V. Kaltenborn<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Radio commentator<\/a>, appears as “H.V. Baltenhorn” (Blue Ribbon Comics 017, 1941)<\/p>\n

John Dillinger<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Gangster “Jack Dilger” is vexed by Ty-Gor. (Blue Ribbon Comics 015, 1941) <\/p>\n

Joseph Stalin<\/b>: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The same 3\/4 perspective shot always used for FDR, now in Stalin form! (Smash Comics 002, 1939) <\/p>\n

Mahatma Gandhi<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Aside from the pun name “Mohlasos Candhi”, this version of Gandhi is hitting a lot of the overt and casually racist checkmarks of the 1940s, including a disregard for the difference between India and the Middle East and a complete indifference for the distinction between Hindus and Muslims. Oh and also it’s another classic adventure based on propping up colonial rule. (Blue Ribbon Comics 017, 1941)<\/p>\n

Shirley Temple<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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As “Curley Semple” (“Dixie Dugan” comic strip, 1935)<\/p>\n

Sherlock Holmes<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Philpot Veep (along with his sidekick Waldo) was one of many humourous takes on Sherlock Holmes in Golden Age comics. Note also the wanted poster for G. Brenner, almost certainly referring to George Brenner<\/b>, creator of the Clock. (Smash Comics 001, 1939)<\/p>\n

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BONUS PHILPOT VEEP, DRUG FIEND<\/p>\n

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COMIC BOOK DRAMA: in Smash Comics<\/i> 005, George Brenner strikes back! Here’s Philpot Veep scribe Joe Devlin<\/b> depicted AS A CLOWN! EPIC GOLDEN AGE BEEF SPOTTED<\/p>\n

Woodrow Wilson<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Meets and gives sage advice to young Blane Whitney, who would grow up to become MLJ hero the Wizard. I am legitimately flabbergasted to see Wilson show up in this capacity. (Top-Notch Comics 001, 1939)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once more they ride: the REAL PEOPLE OF COMICS Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln’s shadow is used to symbolize the power of the US exerting a calming effect on the European belligerents. (Smash Comics 005, 1939) Adolf Hitler: Chancellor Rudolf of Wurtberg here is a more dynamic than usual Hitler analog (Smash Comics 004, 1939) Misc minor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,69,14,275,272,278,271,273,277,3,48,56,270,7,274,276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-130","category-69","category-14","category-black-x","category-captain-flag","category-captain-kidd","category-colonialism","category-corporal-collins-infantryman","category-flash-fulton","category-fox-features","category-mlj","category-quality-comics","category-real-folk","category-the","category-ty-gor","category-wizard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}