Thursday, October 27, 2011

Even dirty lowdown criminals have patriotic standards

Crooks hate Nazis and Communists! Both in the Marvel Universe...


Panels from Thor #358 (August 1985), script, pencils, and inks by Walt Simonson; colors by Christie Scheele; letters by John Workman, Jr.

And on Crossover-Earth...


Panels from Batman/Captain America one-shot (December 1996), script, pencils, inks, and letters by John Byrne; colors by Patricia Mulvihill; separations by Jamison


The enemy of my enemy may not be my friend, but I bet they'll help us punch out Hitler together. Hey, it worked for the American colonies and France, huh?

I have no idea why this trope seems to occur in the work of writer/penciller/inker combo personality-types.

1 comment:

  1. Also, in Joe Johnston's "The Rocketeer" the Mob takes a break from extortion and murder to assist the Feds against Hollywood Nazis. YAY MAFIA!

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