This is true. The Axis powers having the Spear of Destiny and Holy Grail and using those to keep America's more powerful mystery men out of the war was a really ... interesting explanation, and I guess it ties in nicely with the historical fact of some high-ranking Nazis being into the occult but...
I liked the explanation in The Golden Age that it was all a cover story for a Nazi agent named Parcival.
I'd love to see what sort of weird conspiracy theories this would raise in 2025 though, when almost everyone would scoff at the idea of Hitler having the Spear in the first place.
Moreover, I'd love to see a story where people actually wrestled with the fact that the Spear and Grail were real, that the Spectre really did act as God's wrath, and how that related to Christianity in general. What does it mean to have faith in a world where tangible proof exists?
I'm sure most folks just rationalize away things like the Spectre, or Zauriel acting as superheroes, much like they probably rationalize away anything else that doesn't suit their worldview (Blue Devil, Etrigan, etc) but...
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I liked the explanation in The Golden Age that it was all a cover story for a Nazi agent named Parcival.
I'd love to see what sort of weird conspiracy theories this would raise in 2025 though, when almost everyone would scoff at the idea of Hitler having the Spear in the first place.
Moreover, I'd love to see a story where people actually wrestled with the fact that the Spear and Grail were real, that the Spectre really did act as God's wrath, and how that related to Christianity in general. What does it mean to have faith in a world where tangible proof exists?
I'm sure most folks just rationalize away things like the Spectre, or Zauriel acting as superheroes, much like they probably rationalize away anything else that doesn't suit their worldview (Blue Devil, Etrigan, etc) but...