Category:The 1940s

Plenty of racist stuff here. In the 40s Marvel would publish comics with single issues villains representing Imperial Japan. None of the representations were flattering, and most of the time they were just jingoistic racist. We present it here to contrast with how far we've come since then.

Minor Characters in DC Comics

• Captain_Nippon_(Earth-S) (1942) Captain Marvel, Jr. #2 3 comics
• Nippo_the_Nipponese_(Earth-S) (1942) 5 comics
• Princess Maru (Earth-Two) ] (1942) 7 Comics
• Ishti_(Earth-Two) (1942) 2 comics
• Yellow_Scorpion_(Quality_Universe) (1942) 2 comics
• Togo_Ku_(Earth-Two) (1942) 3 comics
• Doctor_Ito_(Earth-Two) (1943) 6 comics
• Hirocheato_(Quality_Universe) (1943) 1 comic
• Suratai_(Quality_Universe) (1943) 6 comics
• Tito_Daka_(Batman_Serial) (1943) 15 shows
• Yellow_Hawk_(Earth-S) (1943) 1 comic
• Madame_Butterfly_(Quality_Universe) (1948) 1 comics

Births

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