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I read Charlton war comics as a boy. Remember, those were the stories REJECTED from DC's war comics, with the names changed to protect the copyrights. The latest Stupid Comics kind of prompted this perspective. I know that what is presented in there is a contemporary WW2 comic, but as late as 1980 the same racist treatment of Asian peoples had persisted in the war comics, especially in Charlton's titles, which frequently presented stories from the Korean and Vietnam wars. The nastiness was still there, only shifted to the "Red" nations. Of course, it took a while for my attitude to evolve...or maybe it was because the realization that conflict could break out between any two factions. There is no such thing as an evil people, but there IS such a thing as an evil political system, or an evil ruler, or an evil regime making people do evil things.
Saw a page of one a couple months ago, from an issue I used to own. Embarassingly bad. I thought I'd download it for "research" but ultimately changed my mind.
I read Charlton war comics as a boy. Remember, those were the stories REJECTED from DC's war comics, with the names changed to protect the copyrights. The latest Stupid Comics kind of prompted this perspective. I know that what is presented in there is a contemporary WW2 comic, but as late as 1980 the same racist treatment of Asian peoples had persisted in the war comics, especially in Charlton's titles, which frequently presented stories from the Korean and Vietnam wars. The nastiness was still there, only shifted to the "Red" nations. Of course, it took a while for my attitude to evolve...or maybe it was because the realization that conflict could break out between any two factions. There is no such thing as an evil people, but there IS such a thing as an evil political system, or an evil ruler, or an evil regime making people do evil things.
Saw a page of one a couple months ago, from an issue I used to own. Embarassingly bad. I thought I'd download it for "research" but ultimately changed my mind.
