{"id":5005,"date":"2024-05-25T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:26:35","slug":"real-person-round-up-002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=5005","title":{"rendered":"REAL PERSON ROUND-UP 002"},"content":{"rendered":"

How did these real people come to be trapped in the 2D realm? We may never know <\/p>\n

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

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This one is more tenuous but Blitz Krieg here is Fuehrer of the pseudo-Nazi Bundonian forces in America. He’s not not<\/i> a Hitler analog. (Blue Ribbon Comics 006, 1940)<\/p>\n

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This is Boris Thorax, first foe of Rex Dexter of Mars, who collaborates with the Moon People in order to take over the Earth of 2000 AD. Look at that hair: that’s a Hitler analog. (Mystery Men Comics 001, 1939)<\/p>\n

Alexander the Great<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Time traveller Stuart Taylor and pals visit Ancient Macedonia for a larf and get mixed up with Alexander and for some reason the Amazons in an adventure that will inspire much eye-rolling in the modern reader. (Jumbo Comics 017, 1940)<\/p>\n

Charlie Chaplin<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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A “Harly Shaplyn”, attacked by “Bundonians” for making a version of the Great Dictator<\/i>. (Blue Ribbon Comics 006, 1940)<\/p>\n

Samuel Goldwyn<\/b>: <\/p>\n

The bald guy in the Harly Shaplyn panels above is named Sam Wyngold and it took me a concerningly long time to realize that he was an analog of Samuel Goldwyn, the G in MGM.<\/p>\n

Count Zaroff<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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Aristocrat Baron von Krasner wants a little of that “Most Dangerous Game” action, so he wrecks a ship and hunts adventurer Gypsy Johnson and his companions on his be-castled island (Blue Ribbon Comics 006, 1940)<\/p>\n

Heinrich Himmler<\/b>: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Unnamed head of secret police for Mr Justice foe and Hitler analog the Dictator. Ends up skewered by his own men. (Blue Ribbon Comics 014, 1941)<\/p>\n

Hermann Goering<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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As “Field Marshall Boreing” is manipulated into killing\/ being killed by other Nazi analogs by Mr Justice. Boreing is the only survivor but Mr Justice gets him in the next issue. (Blue Ribbon 015, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Kit Carson<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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It’s one of those “why did they bother obfuscating this” moments: “Kit Karston” here is probably meant to Kit Carson, formerly widely regraded as a hero of the Old West and now as a mass murderer. “Gravestone” is obviously Tombstone, Arizona. (Blue Ribbon Comics 007, 1940)<\/p>\n

Joachim von Ribbentrop<\/b>: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Nazi foreign minister. As “von Fibbenfop” is manipulated into killing\/ being killed by other Nazi analogs by Mr Justice. (Blue Ribbon 015, 1941)<\/p>\n

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

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The confusingly-named Deenbee serves as Minister of Propaganda for Mr Justice foe the Dictator (Blue Ribbon Comics 013, 1941) <\/p>\n

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Two issues later, Deenbee is out and “Gobbels” is manipulated into killing\/ being killed by other Nazi analogs by Mr Justice. (Blue Ribbon 015, 1941)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

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Cast as “Mahatmama”, leader of a group of Italian-allied North African Arabs, a choice as baffling as it was racist (though it does fit with the sort of broad confusion between the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent I have noticed in other comics of the period) (Blue Ribbon Comics 013, 1941)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How did these real people come to be trapped in the 2D realm? We may never know Adolf Hitler: This one is more tenuous but Blitz Krieg here is Fuehrer of the pseudo-Nazi Bundonian forces in America. He’s not not a Hitler analog. (Blue Ribbon Comics 006, 1940) This is Boris Thorax, first foe of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,5,14,273,99,3,48,204,1995,270,454,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-69","category-5","category-14","category-corporal-collins-infantryman","category-fiction-house","category-fox-features","category-mlj","category-mr-justice","category-rang-a-tang-the-wonder-dog","category-real-folk","category-rex-dexter-of-mars","category-stuart-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005","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=5005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5006,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions\/5006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}