Sunday, August 13, 2017

No Love For Nazis!!

Jack Oleck, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon have a sad but important message for us:

Love can be tough if you're a Nazi.

We're in post-war Germany, and two girls, Kate and Annaliese, are pretty resentful of the American occupation...until Annaliese gets a gander of a handsome sergeant, that is:


Well, it turns out that Jack was interested in Annaliese, too!


And so begins their tragic affair!

Kate, however, disapproves most heartily!



GASP!



Ah, but once a Nazi, always a Nazi!

So here comes the uncomfortable conversation they probably should have had before the "weeks" of dating...








You should have seen that coming, Annaliese.

Well, long story short, Kate and her little Nazi cell plan to blow up the local American military HQ, but Annaliese secretly leaks the info to Jack. Plan thwarted!!

 But turning in friends and family is not enough, I'm afraid!




The moral?

No love for Nazis!!

From Young Romance #4 (1948), as reprinted in Young Romance: The Best Of Simon And Kirby's Romance Comics (Vol 1) (2012)

5 comments:

Mista Whiskas said...

For some reason that art seems different from what I'm used to seeing from Kirby.

snell said...

You can probably attribute that to a) Joe Simon inks, and b) it was 1948...his style hadn't yet evolved to its "modern" self.

Mista Whiskas said...

Ah, thanks!

Captain Entropy said...

This story actually has surprising moral and emotional depth. It shows how difficult repentance can be, especially when the moral error is the source of identity and belonging. And it shows that some of the consequences of previous choices can remain even after you change your thinking. I'm impressed with what Simon, Kirby, and Oleck were able to do in this medium in 1948.

Captain Entropy said...

And I just looked at the dialogue in the last few panels again. That is genuinely good stuff.