A Tree Grows on Second Street
Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. <br /><br />Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S." <br /><br />Script: Jack Schiff<br />Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff<br />Inks: Sheldon Moldoff<br />Letters: Joe Letterese
Schiff, Jack (script)
Moldoff, Sheldon (pencils, inks)
Letterese, Joe (letters)
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/57181" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Superman, no. 162, July 1963">Superman, no. 162, July 1963</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1963 July
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What's Wrong with These Pictures?
Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. <br /><br />Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S." <br /><br />Script: Jack Schiff<br />Pencils: Bernard Baily<br />Inks: Bernard Baily<br />Letters: Ira Schnapp
Schiff, Jack (script)
Baily, Bernard (pencils and inks)
Schnapp, Ira (letters)
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/88288" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Detective Comics, no. 339, May 1965">Detective Comics, no. 339, May 1965</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1965 May
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Honesty IS the Best Policy!
Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. <br /><br />Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S." <br /><br />Script: Jack Schiff<br />Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Schiff, Jack (script)
Moldoff, Sheldon (pencils)
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/22509" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Detective Comics, no. 333, Nov. 1964">Detective Comics, no. 333, Nov. 1964</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1964 November
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Spider-Man and Power Pack [National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse comic book]
Marvel giveaway comic book produced in cooperation with the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse. Children are urged to tell a trusted adult if something has happened, and to know that there are phone numbers to call if you need help. While speaking to one young boy whose babysitter has abused him, Spider-Man reveals that he too was abused as a child. <br /><br />Letter inside front cover is signed by Anne H. Cohn, D.P.H., Executive Director National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse:<br /><br />"The purpose of this book is to teach you how to protect yourself from sexual abuse and what to do if it happens to you. I shows you that even people you know and trust can touch you in ways or in places that feel uncomfortable or yukky or just not right. Or, they can make you touch them in private places. And this book tells you that if this happens, it's not your fault--you can say no--and there is help out there."<br /><br />Back cover: "The National Education Association recognizes this publication as a viable attempt to education children about the problem of child sexual abuse."
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/8635" target="_blank" title="Comic Arts Collection" rel="noreferrer noopener">Comic Arts Collection</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Tough To Be Free. A Message About Sniffing From SAFE
Educational comic book sponsored and distributed by Solvent Abuse Foundation for Education (SAFE). Created and produced by Custom Comic Services.<br />Artwork by Mike Roy.<br /><br />A message from The Solvent Abuse Foundation for Education (SAFE) is printed inside the front cover. <br /><br />"Boys and Girls,<br />Every day you make choices. Some choices are easy -- like choosing what to wear or eat. Other choices are more difficult -- like choosing your friends or how to spend your time.<br />At some point in your life, someone may try to get you to make a choice you know is wrong. Saying no to them can be tough. But you must be <em>tough</em>, if you want to stay <em>free.</em> <br />Sometimes choices are easier to make when you know how they will affect your life. We hope the facts in this book will help you choose to use chemicals safelyt and correctly."
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1987
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American Honda presents DC Comics' Supergirl : in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation's national safety belt campaign
Educational comic book produced and distributed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Safety Belt Campaign.<br /><br />A message from Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation is printed inside the front cover. <br /><br />"I know you're all looking forward to gettin gyour driver's licenses soon. But driving a car is a big responsibility. So here are a couple of questions for you to think about. How important do you feel it is to buckle up your safety belt when you get into a car? Do you think you or any of your friends will bever be involved in an accident? Maybe you've never thought about it, but you should. Every ten seconds, someone is injured in a crash. And every ten minutes, someone is killed. You can expect to be in an accident at least once in your life. If you use your safety belt, you more than double your chances of surviving."
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1987
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Sparky's Second Chance. Fire Safety for Everyone
Educational comic book sponsored and distributed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA. Created and produced by Custom Comic Services. Finished artwork by Mike Roy.
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1988
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Dennis the Menace Takes a Poke at Poison
This giveaway comic book seeks to educate children and their parents about the poisonous nature of many items commonly found in the home. It urges parents to "Poison Proof Your Home."<br /><br />A publication created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration.<br />HHS Publication No. (FDA) 81-7005. <br /><br />Text on back cover:<br /><br />"Most products are made to look attractive so people will buy them--even products that can be poisonous. But things made attractive for consumers are also attractive to children. Many poisonings that occur involve children who are too youg and innocent to 'know better.' Children often can't recognize danger signals such as label warnings, strange odors, or peculiar tastes. Actually many poisonous things are attractive to children because the taste or smell GOOD, such as lemon scented furniture polish."
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1981
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<span>¡</span>Los Amigos Conservan A Sus Amigos Con Vida!
Spanish-language educational comic book created for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). <br /><br />Inside front cover contains a letter from Micky Sadoff, President, MADD National. <br /><br />Founded in 1980, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a nonprofit organization in the United States and Canada that seeks to stop drunk driving, provide services for those affected by drunk driving, prevent underage drinking, and work for stricter laws related to impaired driving.
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MADD/Custom Comic Services
1989
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Let's Talk About It
Informational comic book "created as an educational component of the American Psychiatric Association 'Let's Talk About Mental Illness' public awareness campaign, produced through an educational grant from The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI." (from back cover)<br /><br />As the reader follows the story of Sara, a high school student suffering from depression, this comic book discusses mental and emotional health as important components of our overall health.
Deschaine, Scott, writer <br />Benton, Mike, writer
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American Psychiatric Association/Custom Comic Services
1990
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Rex Morgan, M.D. Talks About Your Unborn Child!
Educational comic book about the dangers of drinking while pregnant and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.<br /><br />Sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Inside front cover contains a letter signed by G. R. Dickerson, Director of the ATF. <br /><br />Plot: An pregnant woman comes into the hospital having injured her hand badly after drinking and falling at a party. Dr. Morgan speaks to her about the danger alcohol presents to her unborn child.<br /><br />Excerpts:<br /><br />From letter: "The unborn child gets its nourishment from the mother. What she eats or drinks, the infant share - - including alcoholic beverages. Research has shown that women who drink heavily during pregnancy risk giving birth to infants who suffer from a variety of physical and/or mental defects, a condition known generally as "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome."<br /><br />From comic: "A woman should remember one thing! <strong>The womb that your baby grows in for nine months before birth can be more important than any other home your child will live in during its lifetime!</strong>"
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Field Newspaper Syndicate
1980
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Captain America Goes to War Against Drugs, No.1 April 1994: High Heat
1990 giveaway comic book published by Marvel Comics in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. <br /><br />Captain America helps a young baseball player who has come under the influence of an alien and turned to illegal drugs. <br /><br />Script: Peter David<br />Pencils: Sal Velluto<br />Inks: Keith Williams<br />Colors: Bob Sharen<br />Letters: Rick Parker
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Marvel Comics
1990
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Consumer Comix
This educational comic book was a project of the Wisconsin Department of Justice, funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, D.C. The book was distributed to high school seniors in Wisconsin. <br /><br /><em>Consumer Comix</em> artwork was created by Denis Kitchen, Peter Poplaski and Peter Loft. Wraparound cover art is by Kitchen and Loft.<br /><br />From inside front cover:<br /><br />"An introduction. This isn't an ordinary comic book. This is an <strong>educational</strong> comic book. (which doesn't make it any less entertaining.) The purpose of this book is to expose the tactics that some devious businessment use to rip-off unsuspecting consumers...."<br /><br />"Don't let yourself be a victim. Be an educated consumer. Stand up for your rights."
Loft, Peter. <br />Poplaski, Peter<br />Kitchen, Denis (editor)
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/8635" target="_blank" title="Comic Arts Collection" rel="noreferrer noopener">Comic Arts Collection</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1975
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New York State Department of Mental Hygiene presents Chic Young’s Blondie
Educational comic book promoting sound emotional health, particularly within families. A letter written by Newton Bigelow, M.D., Commissioner of Mental Hygiene for the State of New York is printed inside the back cover. <br /><br />Excerpts: <br />"As Blondie said, there is no magic formula, no set of rules for mental health. BUt there are some underlying principles that it helps to know about, especially in our relations with our children and with other people....applying them wherever possible to ordinary everyday situations, you may find that life is more satisfying, a little pleasanter for you, your children and the people around you.<br /><br />You will understand yourself and others a little better and you will feel more inner contentment."<br /><br />From front cover "The New York State Deptartment of Mental Hygiene presents Chic Young's Blondie in Scapegoat; Love Conquers All; Let's Face it; On Your Own. Produced by Joe Musial"
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King Features
1950
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The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Prodigy! [Marvel/Planned Parenthood Federation of America comic book]
Informational comic book aimed at teenagers provides basic facts about sex, reproduction and birth control, as well as suggested sources to learn more.<br /><br />Story: The Amazing Spider-Man discovers that the alien villain, the Prodigy, is convincing teenagers to have unprotected sex. Prodigy plans to use the resulting children as child laborers on his home planet, Intellectia. Spider-Man unmasks the villain in front of TV cameras to thwart the plot.<br /><br />From title page: "This comic was produced by Marvel Comics Group in conjunction with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc."<br /><br />"Stan Lee presents: A special Planet Parenthood issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.<br /><br />Ann Robinson, writer<br />Ross Andru, artist<br />Mike Esposito, inker<br />Jan Cohen, colorist<br />Joe Rosen, letterer"<br /><br /><br />Story dialog: <br /><br />Prodigy: "Remember, all those people who tell you DON'T--'Don't do it'--'Don't get into heavy stuff'--they just try to scare you into thinking it's easy to get pregnant. But I say, how else can you prove you're a man: How else are you going to get a man?"<br /><br />Spider-Man: "My webbed head! I'm no Marcus Welby, but there's gotta be some way these kids can get the RIGHT info.*<br /><br />*(See page 16--Stan.)<br /><br />Spider-Man: "I see it all now!...He wants them to be baby machines! Changing diapers, going nowhere in dead-end jobs...Sitting home every night trying to find the time and money to go to a movie or buzz out to the burger stand."
Robinson, Ann, writer
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1976
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Escape from Fear
Giveaway comic book distributed by Planned Parenthood Federation of America Publications. Revised edition of a 1956 publication. <br /><br />Fear of an unwanted pregnancy makes intimacy stressful for the Harpers. Learning about contraception from Planned Parenthood helps them plan for children and eases their fears.<br /><br />Cover teaser "Joan and Ken Harper's marriage was on the rocks--because they loved each other!"<br /><br />Final panel: Joan Harper says, "Planned Parenthood helped us save our marriage. Someday when our children are older, we may want another baby. That's why planned parenthood is so wonderful. It doesn't mean not having children-it means spacing them so they come when we can give them the kind of love and care they deserve!"<br /><br />Back cover lists six regional Planned Parenthood-World Population centers. The address for The Virginia League for Planned Parenthood (2009 Monument Ave., Richmond 20, VA.) is stamped at the bottom of the page.<br /><br />"This publication was prepared by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America under the supervision of Dr. Gordon W. Perkin, Associate Medical Director, for the use of persons who are married or 21 years or older. If you want birth control advice consult your doctor, your public health department, the clinic at a hostpital or the doctor at your local Planned Parenthood Center...."
M 333, Box 1, <a href="http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00108.xml" target="_blank" title="Finding aid" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Virginia League for Planned Parenthood records, 1935-2004.</a> James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
1965
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Countdown on Excellence
Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. <br /><br />Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S."<br /><br />A father talks to his son Jerry about his failure to do a good job cleaning up the garage. Jerry says, "Aw, Dad, What's the difference? It's not very important." His father replies, "Hmm...With that kind of attitude, you'll get into sloppy work havits. If everyone felt that way about his job, what do you think would happen?" <br /><br />The father goes on to give examples of people we count on to do their jobs: a plumber, switchboard operator, garage mechanic, and finally "a man who works on a space capsule." Jerry concludes, "I get it Dad...Every job, whether it's big or small, is important enough to do right!"
Schiff, Jack
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/12356" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blackhawk No. 184, May 1963</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1963 May
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Natural Beauty -- Everybody's Fight
<span><span>"Natural Beauty -- Everybody's Fight" illustrates quotations and paraphrases from President Lyndon B. Johnson's "</span></span><a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=26993" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Remarks to the Delegates to the White House Conference on Natural Beauty</a>," given on May 25, 1965.<br /><span><br />Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. </span><br /><br /><span>Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S." <br /><br />Text excerpt: "President Johnson says: 'At first there seemed to be no end to the wonder of the land, and then the country grew. There came ignorance, greed and ruthless exploitation. Today, natural beauty has new enemies, and we need new weapons to fight these enemies.'"<br /><br />"All of us can help clean up open spaces, protect parks from damage, teach friends not to littler, respect the plants and animals that live on Earth with us."</span>
Schiff, Jack
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/12358" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Blackhawk, No. 222, July 1966</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1966 July
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Peace on Earth
<p>Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values.</p>
<p>Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S."<br /><br />Text:<br />"Peace on Earth. The alphabet and the language may be different, but the same sentiment dwells in the hearts and minds of men all over the world."<br /><br />Published in February of 1967, this issue featured Sgt. Rock fighting “the toughest battle of his life.” In real life, public opposition to the war in Vietnam was growing in 1967. Groups like “<a href="http://anothermother.org/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Another Mother for Peace</a>” wrote Congress, <a href="https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/beyond-vietnam" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Martin Luther King, Jr.</a> gave a controversial speech against the war, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mobilization_Committee_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam</a> organized a march on the Pentagon where over 600 people were arrested for civil disobedience. </p>
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/48425" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Our Army at War: no.176 FEB 1967</a> James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
DC Comics
1967 February
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The Story of Inflation
Educational comic book published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Public Information Department.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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1981. Third printing, 1985.
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Power is Green
Educational comic book in the form of a dialogue between a successful black man in a suit who is taking a vacation with his wife in their convertable. He encourages young men of color hanging around a diner to get free job training and advice so as to increase their economic power. The story suggests that prejudice is not as strong a motivation as the desire to make money.<br /><br />p. 6 "I can't speak English good!" "No sweat--a man with a skill doesn't need to be a great talker....You'll get along fine!"<br /><br />"What about prejudice man? You know what I mean, suppose you're black!" "The Man needs help! You'd be surprised how UNprejudiced he gets when YOU got something his business needs." <br /><br />"GREEN is a powerful color, too Baby!!"
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1969
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How Stalin Hopes We Will Destroy America
Giveaway comic book about the dangers of inflation. Text argues that Communists want America to spend itself into destruction by printing more money. Advocates for the U.S. Government to operate on a "pay-as-you-go" basis. Encourages citizens to write their congressmen to tell them to cut unnecessary expenses.<br /><br />From p. 16 (back cover) After her husband writes a letter to their congressman, a wife says, "I'm a voter, too! I can write our congressman, too, can't I?" <br /><br />Her father-in-law replies, "Of course, every citizen can...and should! The way to prevent higher prices and keep our money strong -- is to cut unneccsary government expenses -- and 'pay as we go'!"<br /><br />Husband: "Together we can lick inflation -- and Communism!"<br />Wife: "It's important to me...and to you!"<br />Father-in-law: "And it's up to all of us."
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
[Joe Lowe Corporation]
1951
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Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story
Educational comic book published by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_of_Reconciliation_(United_States)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fellowship of Reconciliation</a> following the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. <br /><br />The comic book advocates for the principles of nonviolence and teaches methods of nonviolent resistance. It was produced by the studio of artist Al Capp, who admired Dr. King. <br /><br />Civil rights activist and congressman <a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/58354-a-comic-book-for-social-justice-john-lewis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Comic book for social justice">John Lewis</a> read and was inspired by this work as a teenager.
Resnick, Benton and Hassler, Alfred (writers)
Barry, Sy (artist)
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/84340" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections and Archives</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1958
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Mammy Yokum and the Great Dogpatch Mystery
This comic book reprints a fable about prejudice and racial harmony by Al Capp. The story first appeared in Capp's <em>L'il Abner</em> comic strip. The comic book, printed and distributed by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, tells a fable about prejudice and racial harmony. <br /><br />When a family with square eyes moves into Dogpatch, the round-eyed residents form a mob to drive the newcomers away. When one of the square-eyed children is hurt, Mammy Yokum discovers that what she has in common with the new folks is more important than their differences. She stops the mob and helps her neighbors get to know the new family.<br /><br />Mammy Yokum declares, "We is all square shooters, so we gotta give them folks wif th' square eyes a square deal!! Th' l'il diff'runces between folks shouldn't hide th' big things thass th' same 'bout all of us!!"<br /><br /><br />The foreward to this publication was written by Henry Edward Schultz, National Chairman, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. <br />The postscript was written by American author, Herman Wouk.
Capp, Al
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Collection, <a href="https://www.bethahabah.org/bama/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives</a>
1956
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Here Comes Whiteman [American Nazi Party comic book]
White supremacist comic book created for the American Nazi Party by member John Patler. <br /><br />Born John C. Patsalos, John Patler joined the American Nazi Party in 1960 and changed his name. The ANP had its headquarters in Arlington, Va. <br /><br />In 1967 Patler was expelled from the ANP after disagreeing with founder George Lincoln Rockwell. On August 25, 1967, Patler shot and killed Rockwell at an Arlington, Va. shopping center.<br /><br />"Here Comes Whiteman" was part of the ANP's efforts to spread their ideas to a larger audience. Their promotional campaign included a variety of publications, flyers, and even 45 RPM records of white supremacist music. Supporters of the ANP were expected to read and distribute materials like this comic and The Stormtrooper Magazine. <br /><br />In this comic book, Whiteman is the secret identity of Lew Cor ("Roc Wel" spelled backwards) who makes deliveries for the Arlington Milk Co. Lew Cor speaks the secret words "Lieh Geis" ("Sieg Heil" backwards), and in a flash of lightning is transformed into Whiteman, a costumed superhero with a swastika on his chest. In this issue Whiteman fights an "interplanetary duel" with characters named "The Jew from Outer Space" and "Supercoon."
Patler, John
<a>M 342, Box 13,</a> <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/vcu/repositories/5/resources/158.oai_ead.xml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Edward H. Peeples, Jr. Papers</a>, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library
1965?
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