The Two-Hundred-Forty-Second Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

On some level I'd like to call out the confusion between sumo and jiu-jitsu, but then I noticed the skin tone assigned to the 'Jap Wrestler', and decided that's what we should all be focused on.

The Hundred Sixty-First Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

The specific content of this panel refers to Japanese technology being too shoddy to form the basis for time bombs.

I'm far more interested in the overall act being depicted - a cruel racist stereotype making a cruel racist slur. That's something you don't get to see much of these days.

The Hundred Twenty-First Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

Once the criminals have been safely subdued, only then is it time to make fun of them for having black paint splashed on their faces. If those insults are racial in nature, so much the better!

The Hundred-Eighteenth Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

How much did our comic book characters hate Nazis? They were willing to team up with full-on racist cannibal caricatures in order to deal with them!

The Hundredth-Thirteenth Greatest Panel in the History of Comics!

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Ah, what would a vicious beating be without a racist taunt capping it off?

Really, I suppose we should thank our lucky stars he didn't say 'Excuse Prease'.

The Thirty-Second-Greatest Panel in the History of Comics!

When I saw this panel my jaw dropped. So I thought that the experience should be shared with everyone.

Yikes.

The Twenty-Fifth-Greatest Panel in the History of Comics!

And now, from the annals of comic book history comes this example of the complex relationship that creators had with non-white races.

You know, if they could have just gotten an Indian Chief and a buck-toothed Chinaman in there, this might have been the most racially questionable panel ever!

The Twenty-Second-Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

It's a special double-panel this time around. Why?

Because it's not enough to just see Captain Marvel punching out redskins.

That's right. Although the past half-century has been pretty rough on Custer, apparently the first seventy years of his death were very kind to his memory.

The Fourteenth-Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

You know, there's two things I love. Racist caricatures and rhyming propaganda.


In a way, it's a tragedy I missed the '40s.

The Sixth-Greatest Panel In The History of Comic Books

Yes, it’s time once again for a trip to the Golden Age, when everything was greater. Try and guess which war was going on when the following image appeared in a Fawcett Comic:

A good lesson for all, I believe. When you’re looking for Japs, don’t forget to search under the bed.

Also, how is he talking with that knife between his teeth?