tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post2644112280616116891..comments2023-11-30T02:39:02.047-06:00Comments on Comics Make No Sense: Superman vs. A Guy Who Is Totally Not HitlerAdam Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-45567258826809077112015-08-13T16:24:01.025-05:002015-08-13T16:24:01.025-05:00I'm pretty sure it was the original Daredevil....I'm pretty sure it was the original Daredevil... as in "Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys" of the Golden Age. The "Daredevil vs. Hitler" comic predates the iconic Captain America #1 (with Cap punching Hitler on the cover) by several months.<br /><br />And yeah, Smurf... I'm pretty sure that was the first time we heard that expression. I don't think it became a catch phrase until Superman first flew in 1943's Action Comics #65 (which is when most people think it was first uttered). If said it earlier than that, I don't know about it.Adam Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-41634454461197138662015-08-13T13:17:17.459-05:002015-08-13T13:17:17.459-05:00Aaron: you are thinking about the Spear of Destiny...Aaron: you are thinking about the Spear of Destiny, and that wasn't brought up until the 1980s in ALL-STAR SQUADRON. Roy Thomas gave that explanation, drawing on Hitler's beliefs in the occult.<br /><br />Later, in the Elseworlds THE GOLDEN AGE, James Robinson explained it as Hitler having a "secret weapon", a guy named Parsifal who could duplicate any hero's powers.<br /><br />Adam: you might know this better than I, which hero DID fight the real Hitler first? A Timely hero, a DC hero, or someone like Bulletman or Red Bee? I've always thought it was Captain America, and seeing the I Can't Believe It's Not Hitler (tm) guy makes me wonder how long any company made Hitler lookalikes before going straight to Hitler himself.Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-17953098875020112182015-08-13T10:25:47.536-05:002015-08-13T10:25:47.536-05:00So was this the Secret Origin of "Up...up and...So was this the Secret Origin of "Up...up and away"? I always thought that phrase was created for the radio to clue listeners that Supes was about to fly.Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-80397511024428807382015-08-13T07:41:24.189-05:002015-08-13T07:41:24.189-05:00I seem to recall that in the DC universe, there wa...I seem to recall that in the DC universe, there was some magic spell that prevented super-heroes from going to Europe during World War II. But they keep changing their continuity, so I don't know if that still holds.Aaron Carinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17694155469435310102noreply@blogger.com