You know, we really don't spend enough time here looking at WWII:
Ah, yes, I warned you this was coming.
I've avoided most of the fiendishly insensitive racial components of this story, but be advised there's a couple of rough things in here. Nothing as offensive as Gran Torino, but still...
So Uncle Sam and his young buddy...uh, Buddy...are watching a parade, which gives Uncle Sam an idea:
Of course, some of Uncle Sam's ideas are pretty freakin' weird:
But it turn out Sarah Palin was right: Alaska IS key to our defenses:
Anyway, Uncle Sam goes out to find some bears...and apparently has confused kodiak bears with polar bears:
What follows is the greatest fight in Golden Age history:
The art here is by George Tuska (really? Yeah, that's what GCD says). I just wanted to point that out, because this next panel is maybe my favorite panel of all time (at least for this week):
Fortunately, mercenary bears work cheap:
So, Uncle Sam, now that you've tamed these fighting bears, how do you train the to fight for you?
That's right...turn them into racist bears.
Sigh.
Anyway, who knew that George Tuska could draw such great bear faces?
Well, surprisingly enough, the Japanese do attack Alaska, so Sam lets out a mighty, patriotic whistle:
And the bears do their job, pawing their way through the odd "fragile" Japanese invading craft:
The result? Well, let's just say that Chewbacca is very, very jealous:
But wait,you ask...what about the mechanical penguins? Friends, trust me, you don't want to know (for those who do want to know--Buddy makes some exploding mechanical penguins that take out some highly offensive caricatures of Japanese soldiers rowing into shore...I just ain't going there).
You know, since DC owns this stuff now, how about a story where some of these bears are still alive...still filled with Uncle Sam's hate-the-Japanese training...and now it's up to the Freedom Fighters to stop them? I'd buy that.
The Golden Age Racist Bears of Alaska are from Uncle Sam Quarterly #4 (1942).
Ah, yes, I warned you this was coming.I've avoided most of the fiendishly insensitive racial components of this story, but be advised there's a couple of rough things in here. Nothing as offensive as Gran Torino, but still...
So Uncle Sam and his young buddy...uh, Buddy...are watching a parade, which gives Uncle Sam an idea:
Of course, some of Uncle Sam's ideas are pretty freakin' weird:
But it turn out Sarah Palin was right: Alaska IS key to our defenses:
Anyway, Uncle Sam goes out to find some bears...and apparently has confused kodiak bears with polar bears:
What follows is the greatest fight in Golden Age history:
The art here is by George Tuska (really? Yeah, that's what GCD says). I just wanted to point that out, because this next panel is maybe my favorite panel of all time (at least for this week):
Fortunately, mercenary bears work cheap:
So, Uncle Sam, now that you've tamed these fighting bears, how do you train the to fight for you?
That's right...turn them into racist bears.Sigh.
Anyway, who knew that George Tuska could draw such great bear faces?
Well, surprisingly enough, the Japanese do attack Alaska, so Sam lets out a mighty, patriotic whistle:
And the bears do their job, pawing their way through the odd "fragile" Japanese invading craft:
The result? Well, let's just say that Chewbacca is very, very jealous:
But wait,you ask...what about the mechanical penguins? Friends, trust me, you don't want to know (for those who do want to know--Buddy makes some exploding mechanical penguins that take out some highly offensive caricatures of Japanese soldiers rowing into shore...I just ain't going there).You know, since DC owns this stuff now, how about a story where some of these bears are still alive...still filled with Uncle Sam's hate-the-Japanese training...and now it's up to the Freedom Fighters to stop them? I'd buy that.
The Golden Age Racist Bears of Alaska are from Uncle Sam Quarterly #4 (1942).
I wouldn't -- I mean, this is precisely the type of impulse I work so hard to resist -- but since you had to go and beg for comments on this one, on your head be it:
ReplyDeleteThree cheers for the Constitutional right to arm bears.
My poor excuse is that I wasn't reading you in 2009. You are right. I missed a doozy. Well played, sir. Thanks for bringing this to light.
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ReplyDeleteI linked to this post-Thanks for this unusual story!