Yup, in 1997, it was just Greater America, Russmany, and Mongo! (Really? Mongo!?!?)
And while Greater America was a country of joy and happiness, the other two were lead by dickweeds:
Try and find that in your history books!
Who could protect America?
And that answer?
A near naked guy? Really? This is your Jack Ryan?
"Holder of ALL athletic records"? Really? And the greatest mind of our time? AND telepathy?!?
And yet he can't put on any clothes?
Well, at least he can prove the telepathy part:
See, you know it's the future, because it's not just a pistol. It's a rocket pistol.
Well, Saber gets a special spy craft...
...and wipes out the Russmany and Mongo forces!!
Fortunately, that promotion seemed to come with enough money so he could, you know, buy some clothes.
What else have we conveniently forgotten about the geopolitics of the late 1990s and early 2000s?
How about the assholes running Antarctica?
Well, Saber rousted them.
And don't forget the Prussanians!!
Don't worry, their accent always gives them away!
And don't forget the constant threat from Grotonia!
We were also threatened by the Krieglandians!
And don't forget those bastards from Nazania!
Finally, by late 1941, the writers of Saber The Spy Fighter suddenly decided that the series was no longer in the future!! It was present day!! With real countries and all!!
Of course, at one point Saber got some super--powers and a really awful costume:
I liked it better when he was almost naked!
From Fight Comics #1-14 (1940-1941)
Call me dim, but if the preamble tells us that by 1997 there are just three countries, then where the heck did Antartica (sic), Grotonia and the others come from? Did they just spring up overnight?
ReplyDeleteFair point, B, but the Golden Age creators didn't much worry about continuity. FWIW, they couldn't even keep the years the stories were taking place in consistent, as these stories ranged from 1997 to 2041, before finally snapping back to present day in 1941...
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