Twitter trackbacks for blog archive stalin vs hitler comic relettered on says. A collection of antinazi comic book covers from the 1940s is. Wheatcroft also says that, unlike hitler, stalins purposive killings fit more closely into the category of execution than murder, given he thought the accused were indeed guilty of crimes against the state and insisted on documentation, whereas hitler simply wanted to kill jews and communists because of who they were, and insisted on no documentation and was indifferent at even a pretence of legality for these actions. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The original russian dialog was in the captions, with english translation in the.
The eastern front, 19411945 reprint by john mosier isbn. Read the subreddit wiki for more information about the subreddit. Stalin killed far more people than hitler lewrockwell. It was there that henrik eberle and matthias uhl, two german historians, found it. Hitler believed that britain would never take him on alone, so he decided to swallow his fear and loathing of communism and cozy up to the soviet dictator, thereby. A collection of antinazi comic book covers from the 1940s is one of the most relevant books of the year long before america entered world war ii. News and media for adaptations based on comic books are welcome. Jan 27, 2011 in the second half of the twentieth century, americans were taught to see both nazi germany and the soviet union as the greatest of evils. Yet stalin was also worse, because his regime killed far, far more peopletens of millions, it was. Mao, stalin, and hitler were the 20th centurys 3 great monsters, in order of casualties from their tyranny. Available to the public in full for the first time, the hitler book presents a captivating, astonishing, and deeply revealing portrait of hitler, stalin, and the mutual antagonism of these two dictators, who between them wrought devastation on the european continent.
A short history of antinazi imagery in american comics good. Content with nudity, pornography, or obvious profanity should be tagged as nsfw. In the conventional narrative of this war, hitler was defeated by stalin because, like napoleon, he underestimated the size and resources of his enemy. Almost equally disturbing, the us, canada and britain have never squarely faced the ugly fact that their close wartime ally, stalin, was a far worse mass murderer than enemy adolf hitler. Dont complain about comics you dont like or understand.
Comic covers or short excerpts a few scanned pages can be posted for discussion. Depictions of adolf hitler in american comic books during world war ii. Oh those happy, innocent afternoons a few decades ago. Superman versus hitler beachcombings bizarre history blog. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place.
A collection of antinazi comic book covers from the 1940s. The death of stalin is an excellent graphic novel, one dripping with paranoia and betrayal, which sinks its claws into you from its frantic opening all the way to its inevitable closing pages. A short history of antinazi imagery in american comics. For strategy, hitler is a master strategist, stalin just reused what the russians did against napoleon for hitler and succeeded, but he only got a 61 to hitler s 87. Stalin the eastern front, 19411945 and millions of other books are available for instant access. Bullock offers a monumental social biography of two of the most evil dictators in human history as well as an epic sketch of an era. In fact, says historian john mosier, hitler came very close to winning and lost only because of the intervention of the western allies. He would quickly take in the news headlines on bbc 1 at 6. Nazi superheroes, villains, other comic book characters. A story that appeared in the weekly world news of october 12th, 1993, tells of a comic book that adolf hitler drew in 1909 which featured a lizard man. Artwork by mac rayboy, daredevil battles hitler, july 1941, lev gleason publications.
Yet stalin was also worse, because his regime killed far, far more peopletens of millions, it was often claimedin the endless wastes of the gulag. Germany continued to rely on private industry and agriculture though with heavy state influence in some areas. Hitler was worse, because his regime propagated the unprecedented horror of the holocaust, the attempt to eradicate an entire people on racial grounds. Hitler used heinrich himmlers ss to murder ernst rohm, leader of the sa brownshirts and several dozen of his cohorts greatly increasing his standing with the military. It was originally in russian by alexey lipatov, but an anonymous individual translated it the dialogue into english. Nobody has ever measured him up to hitler despite all the arguments, though. On how superman would win the war sequart organization. Contrary to many other college textbooks, which tend to date rather quickly, this history book seems timeless. Home from school college beachcombing would sit through the junk that british childrens television had to offer. To the best of my knowledge, though, it does seem to be largely accurate. Mao estimated 5080m, mostly from starvation and political pu. Satan in the guise of adolf hitler synopsis satan, in the form of hitler, competes with the unknown solder to claim the soul of slain private george smith.
With the millions of people he killed, you would think he would be more organized. Stalin wasnt interested in actually murdering people, he sent people to gulags to use the labor. Introduction bibliography the ussr exercised total control over industry and agriculture with the collectivization of all factories and agricultural land. Although both joseph stalin and adolf hitler are remembered world over as notorious individuals responsible for the murder of millions of innocent 20th century civilians and soldiers, they are also distinctive historical figures in their own rights and there are enough similarities between them to warrant frequent comparisons. The dc comics version of hitler, the might of his nazi forces, find themselves opposite an alternate version of themselves from marvel comics.
Ive always been interested in russian history, particularly that of the twentieth century but for some reason or another, ive never really. Adolf hitler marvel comics vs adolf hitler dc comics. This subreddit is for everything related to print comics and web comics. Ace reporter clark kent pondered what to write back home and his fingers rested on the typewriter. In terms of accuracy well, i cant quite say for certain, because this does fall outside my area of expertise. I guess he was just better able to cover up his tracks than hitler. Pages in category nazis in comic book fiction the following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. The following has been reposted from the old johnl. Following are the estimated death tolls, not counting military casualties. Hitler was evil in the manipulative and paranoid madman kind of way, stalin was more of a brutal hardass. Part of the reason that comic books are so woven into american culture is because they were born during a time when the country was pulling itself out of economic crisis and into a global conflict. While stalin was purging in the tensofthousands, hitler was purging in the dozens. Gordon there is a great temptation to compare the adolf hitler and joseph stalin. Cbr senior writer brian cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for over a dozen years now at cbr primarily with his comics.
Hitler was 58 and 12 whereas stalin at maximum height was 55. Nazi superheroes, villains, other comic book characters religion in comics. Or that stalins biggest crime occurred in the 1930s while hitlers were not fully understood until after world war ii. This awesome work was found at, a russian comic site. Comparison between hitler and stalin in economy impact by mia. Titan comics is a bold new publishing initiative from titan publishing, offering readers the best new stories from new and established comics creators, and offering those creators a great deal to bring their stories to a worldwide audience. Please share with us some details about this comic strip.