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In 1940, the World War II was in full swing. United States was still a neutral country, but more and more Americans were starting to feel that their nation should break from it's long-held isolationist policy and join the fight. Many of those Americans were writing comic books, and it was only natural that their beliefs made their way into their work. In most cases, this involved having their heroes taking on the Nazis or their thinly veiled proxies. But sometimes, the writers took it a step further.



In Ave Periodicals' Super-Mystery Comics #5 (Volume 1), an unknown writer had Vulcan, the fire-controlling, Human Torch-esque son of the eponymous Roman god, take down people who had the audacity to *gasp* speak out against the possibility of American engagement in what (to many US citizens) was still an oversees conflict their country had no business of being involved in. Granted, they turned out to be agents of an unnamed Axis power, but Vulcan didn't know that. He just assumed that protesting the war = traitors and proceeded to beat them up. Which, when you think about it, carries all sorts of troubling implications.

( Vulcan vs Freedom of Speech (12 Pages under the cut) )

And, as a bonus - ever wonder how Golden Age comic book publishers decided which features to publish and which features to cancel?

( It's hard to say, but surveys like this probably helped )


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