Let's Kill Hitler: Let's Kill Anthropomorphic Animal Hitler

Panels from I Killed Adolf Hitler graphic novel (June 2007); script, pencils, and inks by Jason; translation by Kim Thompson; colors by Hubert; letters by Paul Baresh


Well, it's a lot more complicated than just plausible, as it involves Hitler getting control of a time machine, but hey, plausible because it says so right in the title.

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 297: Let's Kill Space Hitler

Panels from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi #4 (January 1984); script by Archie Goodwin; pencils by Al Williamson, Carlos Garzon, and Ron Frenz; inks by Al Williamson, Carlos Garzon, and Tom Palmer; colors by Christie Scheele and Bob Sharen, letters by Ed King

Let's Kill Hitler: The first thing you do when you have a time machine

Click the image for the full comic strip on the xkcd website!


Panel from xkcd #1063: "Kill Hitler"; script, art, and letters by Randall Munroe



8,000.

Let's Kill Hitler: Then there was the second time Nick Fury saw Hitler die

Cover of Fantastic Four (1961 series) #292 (July 1986), pencils and inks by John Byrne
Hey, Nick Fury? Could you kill Baby Hitler?





Panels from Fantastic Four #292, script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Al Gordon, colors by Glynis Oliver, letters by John Workman
Looks like! But wait...



It was all a dream. Wah wah wah!

Let's Kill Hitler: A Strange, Mad Dream

Panels from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #21 (December 1963), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Roussos, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen
Sure, it was a clone body with Hitler's mind transferred into it at the moment of death, but sheerly for Lee and Kirby doing Hitler in a Purple Klan Uniform, I'm gonna go with

Let's Kill Hitler: A short scene from the upcoming movie Man of Steel 2

How kick-butt is future bearded long-hair Superman?



Panels from Superman: At Earth's End one-shot (1995), script by Tom Veitch, pencils and inks by Frank Gomez, colors by Angus McKie, letters by Bill Oakley
So kick-butt he killed two Hitlers with a massive big-ass gun. Honestly, I can't figger out this crazy story, so let's just call it


…times two. That's our Superman!

Let's Kill Hitler: Let's Play Castlevania

Panels from Savage Dragon #34 (December 1996), script by Erik Larsen and Mike Mignola, pencils and inks by Erik Larsen, colors by a whole lotta guys I'm not gonna list here, letters by Chris Eliopoulos
So, did Hellboy kill Hitler?


Nope. Hitler comes back later with his brain implanted into a gorilla body.


Page from Savage Dragon #35 (February 1997), script by Erik Larsen and Mike Mignola, pencils and inks by Erik Larsen, colors by that same whole buncha guys, letters by Chris Eliopoulos
TRUE SAVAGE DRAGON CANON FACT, FANBOYS!

Let's Kill Hitler: The Revenge of Willie Loman

Splash page from "Killing Time" in Mystery in Space #114 (December 1980), script by Gerry Conway, pencils and inks by Tom Yeates, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Gaspar Saladino


Confirmed: Although maybe he shouldn'ta.

Let's Kill Hitler: Midnight, and the kitties are sleeping

In our initial Let's Kill Hitler post (and if there's a phrase that's gonna give me some weird-ass Google referrals, that's it), we saw that Midnighter wouldn't kill Baby Hitler.


Panel from Midnighter (2007 series) #2 (February 2007), script by Garth Ennis, pencils by Chris Sprouse, inks by Karl Story, colors by Randy Mayor, letters by Phil Balsman
But here's the question we've all been asking ourselves on the comicsblogosphere: would Midnighter kill the Adult Hitler?



Panels from Midnighter (2007 series) #1 (January 2007), script by Garth Ennis, pencils by Chris Sprouse, inks by Karl Story, colors by Randy Mayor, letters by Phil Balsman
So, of course, time travel back to World War I, naturally:



Panels from Midnighter #2
And typically, time cops arrive to stop him.




Panels from Midnighter (2007 series) #3 (March 2007); script by Garth Ennis, pencils by Chris Sprouse and Joe Phillips; inks by Jasen Rodriguez, Scott Williams, and Saleem Crawford; colors by Wildstorm FX
Obviously then, they fight a lot and then get zapped to Berlin, April 1945:


So, you can probably then guess the end of the story.


Panel from Midnighter (2007 series) #4 (April 2007), script by Garth Ennis, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Randy Mayor, letters by Phil Balsman
Is it bad that I don't find the fact that Midnighter didn't actually kill Hitler in the story as distressing as the fact that they couldn't keep the same penciller on the book for four straight issues?

So anyway, did Midnighter kill Hitler?


Busted: He had opportunity in two time historical periods. But he didn't.

Let's Kill Hitler

Hey, the New York Times would like to know if you (yes, you) would kill Baby Hitler? Well, wouldja? (As opposed to say, just punching Adult Hitler.)


I imagine after they decided 'let's poll everyone to see if they'd kill Baby Hitler,' it wasn't that far a leap to making the infographic look like a rattle. I'm betting that at one point during the design process, that rattle had a toothbrush mustache.

Anyway, would you kill Baby Hitler? Booster Gold wouldn't!


Panels from Booster Gold (2007 series) #25 (December 2009), script and pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Norm Rapmund, colors by Hi-Fi, letters by Travis Lanham
Even Midnighter (The Batman from Another Universe, Who's Now in the Same Universe As Batman So Why Bother, Really?™) wouldn't kill Baby Hitler.


Panel from Midnighter (2007 series) #2 (February 2007), script by Garth Ennis, pencils by Chris Sprouse, inks by Karl Story, colors by Randy Mayor, letters by Phil Balsman
We've established that heroes and anti-heroes wouldn't kill Baby Hitler (the vote is still out on, say, the Punisher or Wolverine), but would comic book characters kill adult Hitler?

Well, let's find out today, all day, on Let's Kill Hitler!

Where the Heck? IV: The Quest for Credit Where Credit Is Due

So, Iron Man #1 be creditin' the original creators of Shellhead like this:


Credits page from Invincible Iron Man (2015 series) #1 (December 2015)
Which is to say, as I've been complaining about quite a bit in the recent past (1, 2, 3), not at all)…(sigh)

But Iron Man #2 be creditin' the creators like this:


Credits page from Invincible Iron Man (2015 series) #2 (December 2015)
Hey, let's take a closer look:


Hooray! Thank you, Marvel, for properly crediting Larry Lieber and Don Heck as co-creators of Iron Man for the first time since Secret Wars began this summer.

Also, for the first time ever this week:


Credits from Batman and Robin Eternal #3 (December 2015)
I might quibble about using the word "with" instead of "and," but after 75+ years, this is a good step.

Next up: getting proper credit for the most essential Star Wars character of them all in each and every Star Wars comic book:

Jaxxon the Giant Green Star Wars Rabbit created by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin