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Comic Books and The Cold War Comics as Propaganda

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Page 1: Comic Books and The Cold War Comics as Propaganda

Comic Books and The Cold War

Comics as Propaganda

Page 2: Comic Books and The Cold War Comics as Propaganda

Captain America

• Was first written in the 1940’s as an Anti-Nazi WWII propaganda.

• The first cover shows

Capt. America throwing down with Hitler. (March 1941)

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Captain America and The Cold War

• Once WWII ended- artist create Communist Villains for Captain America to fight.

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The Red Skull The Red Skull began as a Nazi Terrorist

And then was altered to become a Soviet Terrorist to fight Captain America.

-Red was frequently the color associated

With the Soviet and Communist Powers.

-Other than U.S.S.R what countries to we Know of that are Communist?

-Which of those countries flags have Red in them?

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USSR

China Cuba

Laos

Vietnam NorthKorea

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Supreme Soviets

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Superman & the Cold War• Superman has a dream of a nuclear Holocaust

and ponders if he should destroy all the Nuclear Weapons, but decides that will only make matters worse.

• "I wouldn't be hurt by nuclear war… I'd be the only survivor… If I let it happen!" -Superman

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Iron Man

• Iron Man was the superhero alter-ego of Tony Stark- who was wounded and captured in Vietnam and has to develop weapons for the Communist North Vietnamese.

• Secretly Stark constructs his Iron Man suit and escapes the Vietnamese.

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Iron Man in 1965Iron Man takes on the Soviet version of himself. Known as Titanium Man whoIs the alter-ego of Boris Bullski.

-Boris (that’s not a stereotypical Russian name.

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-How does the “American” Iron Man talk to the “Soviet” Titanium Man?

-What are some loaded words that are used within the Comic?

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How do you think that this Comic would impact the youth during the Cold War that read it?

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Iron Man- 198015 years later the Story of these toComics takes a turn. Imagery and Stereotypes also are changed.

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How have the two Characters changed since the 1965 Version?

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How does Iron Man’s behaviorChange from the1895 Version?