World War II United States propaganda comics

1 world war ii

1.1 private corporations
1.2 government comics

1.2.1 nightmares of lieutenant ichi or juan posong gives ichi midnight jitters

world war ii

during outbreak of world war ii in europe, comic book industry in infancy. however, war progressed comic book industry capitalized upon growing conflict, vilifying axis powers , magnifying american patriotism. comic books , superheroes alerted citizens of domestic caution , awareness, pointing out how domestic corporations , criminals, not foreign villains, sought undermine american ideals. war evolved, comic book publishers aligned , collaborated u.s. military:

comics brought superheroes war effort when united states entered war. many writers joined war writers board (wwb), established promote government policy discourage profiteering. while private organization, wwb joined forces united states office of war information. headed elmer davis, owi focused on coordinating media war effort. comic book creators cooperated prevailing attitude of supporting war.

as soldiers being deployed varying theaters of battle, comics accompanied them on journeys europe , asia, , in cases millions, of copies month printed keep demand consumption , delivery foreigners. american comic book themes , storylines remained consistent:

the american way place science , equality prevailed on ignorance. reinforced idea america place people worked hard better become successful, while looking out oppressed @ same time.

in joining government , private comic industry, created unified messages. common , shared purposes of comics were:

to unite people behind war effort;
to encourage vigilance against enemy spies;
to rebut axis propaganda;
to portray enemy immoral, brutal , — japanese — sub-human;
to assure population allies fighting cause.

private corporations


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timely comics , national allied publications became involved in u.s. war effort during world war ii. in propagating collaborative wartime message of wwii, many superheroes entered war. in exemplification, national allied publications, predecessor dc comics, in 1938, introduced superman in action comics #1 , 1941; superman fighting nazi paratrooper in air. through creation , publication of comics, illustrated necessity target enemies’ vulnerabilities in character , reputation. timely comics, later become marvel comics, created captain america , entered world war ii in 1941: captain america dramatically leaped action on cover, delivering knockout punch adolf hitler s jaw. co-creator of captain america, joe simon, commented on accessibility of enemy characters , leadership in ridiculing , undermining position , justifying u.s. involvement in world war ii, stating, captain america first major comic book hero take political stand. ... hitler marvelous foil; ranting maniac

government comics

published u.s. office of war information (owi) distribution in philippines.



the nightmares of lieutenant ichi or juan posong gives ichi midnight jitters

the nightmares of lieutenant ichi or juan posong gives ichi midnight jitters developed ben roth , published u.s. office of war information (owi) in brisbane, australia during world war ii in pacific theater. comic book disseminated among philippine islands sustain morale of filipinos , diminish image of occupying japanese. comic centered around juan posong, filipino , harassment of japanese occupying force, officer icho of japanese military. portrays reliance of juan posong , therefore, of filipino people while portraying japanese ignorant people can deceived.