Any fans of current superhero comic stories set during World War II?

Yes, he does. He's not bullet-proof.

Lucy McGough wrote:Yes, he does. He's not bullet-proof.

Pah, none of those Nazis could hit the side of a barn!

Love the way comics from that era depict Nazis as bumbling cowards. I'm sure the real Nazis were neither bumbling nor cowardly. They were much more dangerous.

Yes, but that would hardly have been good for morale.

That's a fair point. I guess people reading the comics in 2014 can never wholly immerse themselves in the viewpoint, attitudes, etc of a person encountering them hot off the presses when they were first published. That's a problem we'll always have, especially since the essence of a comic is to be modern — to comment on the now.

That's why I get irritated when people start bemoaning what they see as casual racism or sexism in comics from almost a century ago . Attitudes were so different that there is no useful comparison to be made.

I get irritated at people bemoaning casual racism and sexism in comics from last week.

And who knows what the people of 2114 will be bemoaning in today's comics?

Spektre wrote:I get irritated at people bemoaning casual racism and sexism in comics from last week.

I just get irritated at people. But that's probably just me.

Some people are quite irritating.

tony ingram wrote:

Lucy McGough wrote:Yes, he does. He's not bullet-proof.

Pah, none of those Nazis could hit the side of a barn!

Depends on how big the barn is, doesn't it?

Lucy McGough wrote:

tony ingram wrote:

Spektre wrote:I get irritated at people bemoaning casual racism and sexism in comics from last week.

I just get irritated at people. But that's probably just me.

Some people are quite irritating.

And then some! (But let's not talk about useless blowhard out-of-touch-with-reality politicians.)

So... all politicians?

Lucy McGough wrote:So... all politicians?

I've known a few politicians, and still do. Not all of them are useless.

I was exaggerating for comic effect

Lucy McGough wrote:I was exaggerating for comic effect

Just like some annoying and misleading politicians, eh?

Yes...

In addition to stories set during WWII, I would also like to have stories set in the 20th century during major historic events or crises, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy Assassination, the Berlin Wall's construction, the troubles in Northern Ireland, or the Great Depression, to name just a few.

A superhero comic set during the Troubles would be RAD.