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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 19:33:07 UTC Robert McNees

Just remembering how Jack Kirby was inundated by threats and complaints from Nazi sympathizers after the publication in 1941 of his famous cover showing Captain America punching Adolph Hitler.
No reason.
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1. Color cover of a 1941 comic book showing Captain America punching Adolph Hitler right in the face. Bullets are bouncing off his shield, which was shaped more like a shield (as opposed to a disc) at the time. Captain America's costume is primarily blue, with a white star red and white stripes on part of the torso, and red boots.
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/109/502/361/338/929/055/original/caf1e6d9f544435d.jpeg
2. The passage reads: The famous image of Captain America punching Hitler in the face actually received hundreds of complaints from Nazi sympathizers upon its release. At the time the comic was published (1941), the full extent of what Hitler was planning and was responsible for wasn't yet widely known. The threats against the staff were so numerous that a police guard was set up outside their office building and the mayor of New York personally called to reassure them that the City of New York would see no harm come to them. Apparently he was a big fan.
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/109/502/361/735/274/121/original/91e1996a1962da03.jpeg
- 🇺🇦 haxadecimal (brouhaha@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 19:35:47 UTC 🇺🇦 haxadecimal
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  It was appropriate to punch Nazis in 1941, and it's still appropriate in 2022.
  
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- Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 20:53:02 UTC Robert McNees
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  - Biff Vernon
  @biffvernon Yeah, I've heard that story more than once over the past few years. Every time someone expresses dismay that the US could "import" some of these ideas.
  
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- Biff Vernon (biffvernon@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 20:53:03 UTC Biff Vernon
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  @mcnees Adam Rutherford's programme on BBC Radio4 this morning was about how American ideas on eugenics were the basis for the Third Reich's approach to racial purity.
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001g2yc?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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  1. Bad Blood: The Story of Eugenics - Rassenhygiene - BBC Sounds
    
    from @BBCSounds
    
    The Nazis build a eugenic state.
- Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 01:38:49 UTC Robert McNees
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  At one point, Kirby received a phone call from Nazi sympathizers who said they were downstairs in the lobby, and ready to show him "what real Nazis would do to his Captain America."
  Kirby set down the phone, rolled up his sleeves, and headed downstairs.
  By the time he got down there, they had run away.
  https://books.google.com/books/about/Kirby.html?id=oxcuDwAAQBAJ
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  1. The passage reads: Another time, Jack took a call. A voice on the other end said, "There are three of us down here in the lobby. We want to see the guy who does this disgusting comic book and show him what real Nazis would do to his Captain America." To the horror of others in the office, Kirby rolled up his sleeves and headed downstairs. The callers, however, were gone by the time he arrived. Years later, he told an interviewer, "I once got a letter from a Nazi who told me to pick out any lamppost I wanted on Times Square, because when Hitler arrived, they'd hang me from it. It was typical of a genre of fans who have long since died out."
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  2. Kirby
    
    Filled with stunning artwork, this biography of comics pioneer Jack Kirby by an artist who worked closely with him is “a treasure” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer).“As a teenager, future television and comics writer [Mark] Evanier became an assistant to Jack Kirby, one of the foremost artists in the history of American comics. Kirby played a major role in shaping the superhero genre, not only through his innovative, dynamic artwork but through collaborating with Stan Lee to create classic Marvel characters like the Fantastic Four, the Hulk and the X-Men. Evanier has now written this magnificently illustrated biography of his mentor. Rather than employing the academic prose that one might expect from an art book, Evanier, a talented raconteur, tells Kirby’s life story in an informal, entertaining manner . . . he brings Kirby’s personality vividly alive: a child of the Great Depression, a creative visionary who struggled most of his life to support his family. The book recounts how Kirby was insufficiently appreciated by clueless corporate executives and close-minded comics professionals. But the stunning artwork in this book, taken from private collections, makes the case for Kirby’s genius. A landmark work, this is essential reading for comics fans and those who want to better understand the history of the comics medium—or those who just want to enjoy Kirby’s incredible artwork.” —Publishers WeeklyIncludes an introduction by Neil Gaiman
- Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 01:39:39 UTC Robert McNees
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  - It's James and The AWFUL TRUTH
  @Tweetfiction yeah! I just posted something about it (from a little birdsite thread I did this morning).
  
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- It's James and The AWFUL TRUTH (tweetfiction@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 01:39:40 UTC It's James and The AWFUL TRUTH
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  @mcnees you ever heard the story about how some American nazis went to their office to threaten Jack and he went down to the street to kick their asses?
  
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- It's James and The AWFUL TRUTH (tweetfiction@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 01:45:43 UTC It's James and The AWFUL TRUTH
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  @mcnees I would not mess with this man. Or his gal.
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- Tengrain 🇺🇦 (tengrain@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 02:24:27 UTC Tengrain 🇺🇦
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  @mcnees
  Always Punch The Nazi.
  
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- Claudio Segovia (claudiosegovia@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 04:00:53 UTC Claudio Segovia
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  @mcnees
  "Solo recordar cómo Jack Kirby se vio inundado por amenazas y quejas de simpatizantes nazis tras la publicación en 1941 de su famosa portada que mostraba al Capitán América golpeando a Adolfo Hitler.
  En un momento, Kirby recibió una llamada telefónica de simpatizantes nazis que dijeron que estaban abajo en el vestíbulo y listos para mostrarle "lo que los verdaderos nazis le harían a su Capitán América".
  Kirby colgó, se arremangó y bajó las escaleras.
  Cuando llegó allí, habían escapado."
  
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- Ride Theory (ridetheory@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 15:47:59 UTC Ride Theory
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  @mcnees I remember a scene in The Fantastic Four where Ben Grimm ties a lamp post into a knot and sends it to the Yancy Street Gang after they call him a sissy.
  
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- mmby (mmby@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 16:26:41 UTC mmby
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  @mcnees extremely educational
  
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- revolt3d (revolt3d@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 01:40:49 UTC revolt3d
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  @mcnees lots of reasons to remember this.
  
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- oscarbeau@mastodon.social's status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 04:40:07 UTC OscarBeau
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  @mcnees If Hitler was coming to power now there would be a good chance America would go to war on Germany's side.
  
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- oldmanlowgun (oldmanlowgun@dice.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 15:55:42 UTC oldmanlowgun
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  @mcnees one of my absolute favorite Jack Kirby stories. Not just a god-tier comic book inspiration, but also as a man on this earth trying to do what's right.
  
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- Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 15:55:42 UTC Robert McNees
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  - oldmanlowgun
  @oldmanlowgun Same. A real icon.
  
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