Comic Book Extra Credit Part 1

Hello peeps. Today I will be sharing part one of my World War || comic extra credit assignment for Social Studies. Here I have my opening and chapters one to three. Next week I will release four five and the conclusion. I hope you enjoy!

Usually I learn about World War || in school. Today I expect to learn more than what the lesson in school taught me. I am going to explain what we can learn about World War || from the comics made for kids in that time period. Sometimes the cover had nothing to do with what was inside the book. They tried to teach the kids that what America was fighting for was right and they should be proud that we were in the war. I will explain a few comics and then give some picture examples.

Chapter One

The first comic book I will look at is called Captain America Comics #1. It is drawn by Jack Kirby and written by Joe Simon. It was published by Timely Publications. The release date was December 1940 and the cover date was March 1941. They did not expect it to be on the stand until some time in 1941. That's why on the cover it has 1941. It was important because it was the first appearance of Captain America.

In this chapter I will tell you everything I learned in this comic about Word War Two. They show people at the Navy base doing their jobs and working. They show Captain America getting a shot to make him stronger. This is an example of them wanting us to go into the war and be a lot stronger than they already were. It shows that kids wanted to get into the war because they wanted to be involved. The comic encourages kids to do this because of the cover. If they see someone they look up to then they want to be involved too. They were using propaganda to convince the kids that we were good and Hitler was bad. On the cover they show a map of the U.S. in Hitler's office showing that they might be planning to attack and involve us. They show a guy predicting the future of Hitler bombing a Navy base. I think they were trying to show the kids what might happen.This I think represents the spies and how Captain America is tracking them. I think they are trying to send a wake up call through children. There is a lot of military in this last part. It shows that you have to be strong and start training early.

That is what I have learned from this comic. Before I read this comic I didn't know what propaganda was or that we used it. I also didn't know that they used so many military things. I knew that we fought against Hitler and all, but I didn't know about anything else. I learned what was on the mind of kids and writers back then when the comic was made. The writers knew that the military wanted to be involved in the war and the kids were thinking about who was good and bad and who they could trust or not.

Chapter Two

The next comic I will review is All-Star Comics #8. This comic was released in October 1941 and it's cover date is January 1942. It was written and drawn by William Marston and Harry G. Peter. It was published by D.C. Comics. This comic shows that we were right for fighting for what we did and nobody should regret that we fought. It is important because it is the first appearance of Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman came to America because her mother was told she had to send her strongest amazon to help fight for the freedom of women. She went to America because we were fighting for democracy. It was the Germans that wanted war and started World War ||. We fought against them for peace, freedom, and democracy. The Germans wanted more war. That is what most of World War || was. Other countries joined in on which side they thought was right and should win.

I learned that we wanted peace and freedom and Germany and Hitler want more war because they didn't think the world was good enough. That is what I have learned from this comic. Before I read this comic I didn't know that Germany wanted more war I thought they just wanted everything to be their way.

Chapter Three

The next comic to be reviewed is All-Star Comics #11. It is the first comic that would take heroes from different features and put them on the same team. It was on sale in April 1942. It's cover date is July 1942. It is written by Gardner Fox. The artist's were the regular artists assigned to each super hero. They include, Jake Burnley, Sheldon Moldoff, Harry G. Petter, Cliff Young, Ben Flinton, Howard Sherman, and Stan Aschmeier. It was published by D. C. Comics.

Hawkman joined the Army. Wonder woman was disguised to be a nurse but changed to Wonder Woman. The reason she did not just join the army was because women could not join back then. Sandman also joined the army. This comic is again showing the kids that we are good and they are bad. If they see someone they look up to then they might want to be a lot like them when they get older. The Atom enters next and takes out tons of bad solders. Now it is Doctor Fate. There is a lot of land action with him where as sandman had a lot of water action. Dr. Midnight also entered the war and he took out tons of people at night, and snuck into the enemy camp. Now Starman enters and flies up to take out air crafts. Johnny Thunder is next. He was in the Navy.

This is important because the JSA joins the war. It is basically telling kids that if there is someone they care about in the war that they are doing it for the right thing and that there is a chance they might make it back. The JSA members did not hesitate to join the war to help fight for what was right.

Thanks for reading part two will be released next week.