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| Okay, here's the moral issue. Do you think the use of comics as political propaganda is good for the hobby? Will it cause others to question the medium? As comics traditionally were marketed at youth, was it fair to influence them in such a manner? Here is an article I found about military uses of comics: http://www.psywarrior.com/PsyopComics.html And, if you look at some of the great covers KoR put up in the Golden Age forum: http://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic2387-48-1.aspx For my part, I couldn't care less if used this way. I don't think it hurts the medium, as all other mediums are used in this way. I don't think it helps the medium in that a kid in a third world country reading about how his government is evil probably isn't going to grow up to be an avid collector anyway. I would say that is an interesting use for comics. Looking at the golden age war comics now, it is so obvious what the publishers were doing. At the time, I doubt very much it was seen as blatant political propaganda. EDIT: HOLY COW! You should look at this comic! http://www.ep.tc/georgewallace/index.html Talk about a BAD use of a comic (supporting racism?) Maybe I should change my mind about this issue.
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It's not a huge deal to me, I doubt you will ever see it even close to the level it was during the GA anyway.
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| Excellent topic argus. You really have two different eras on this, the old media and the new media. The media/hollywood/culture back in WWII leaned to the right/republican and was fully behind the war effort so you saw all those patriotic covers and support. Then the entire country went through the 60s and became liberated so to speak and the media/hollywood followed suit. You had Walter Cronkite say the Vietnam war was lost and the entire nation believed it even though the Tet offensive was a complete disaster for the enemy. The comic book writers/editors today lean liberal/democrat so that's why you have so many anti-war themes in certain comic books, Civil War could easily be compared to the Civil Liberties that some think we're losing because of the War on Terror. I never noticed the political propoganda when I was a teenager in the 80s but I can tell now. The comics dont have that much of an effect on the readers since most are already indoctrinated by the news/hollywood. Just think of how things would be going if the media focused on the positive things going on in the war instead of how we're losing the war which is a lie.
--------------------------------------------“I don’t do this for the Commander in Chief. I do this for my country, and I will continue to do so.” "They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative." "Why," my soldiers asked of me, "surrender military advantages to an enemy in the field?" I could not answer. - Gen Douglas MacArthur
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Did you catch Osama PEP?
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I get a kick out of the ridiculously over-the-top propaganda you see on the early 40's comics. We were in a major war and we knew we were on the right side for probably the last time (last time we KNEW that is), and there's a sort of joyousness to that kind of propaganda. Especially when viewed from the safety of a half-century's remove.
I get a totally different feeling whenever I see contemporary propaganda, left-wing or right-wing. (Notice how you never see any centrist propaganda? Conspiracy perhaps??). That stuff leaves me cold and is a major turn-off. If I picked up a copy of Captain America tomorrow and saw a picture of him jumping over a crowd of turbaned terrorists to give ol' Osama a sock on the jaw, it just wouldn't be the same as when he socked ol' Adolph. Well actually, that could be pretty funny, but you know what I mean...
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| Even better than Cap beating on Adolph is this: 
Too bad Superman can't take care of Osama and Kim Jong Il, though.
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