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Minorities in comics pre-1960's: Depiction and/or Participation in comics

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whalter58:
I am very interested in any comics that depict minorties (especially African-American/Black and Latino),
and especially ones that are NOT well known like Eisner's Ebony, Japanese in WW2 era comics etc. I can't do searches in DCM for these specifically so anyone who can point me in their direction in the DCM files, I'd sure be grateful. By depiction I mean from a single panel to a full issue and positive or negative (i.e. racist) or even ads in old comics that depict minorities. Is anyone else out there interested in this as well?

Yoc:
Hi and welcome whalter.
One hero I bet you've never heard of is 'Real American #1' (not the best name but...) he's likely comics first Native American hero.  You can find him in Daredevil Comics #2-11 with art by another favourite artist of mine Dick Briefer who is best know for his Frankenstein book for Prize Comics.
Here is the link for DD Comics - http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=110

An very unusual hero who never shows his face but is thought to be Asian is 'The Green Turtle' from Blazing Comics which you can find here - http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?cid=365

There are more but these two come to mind first for me.

JonTheScanner:
Fawcett published 6 issues of Jackie Robinson Comics from 1949-52, and Eastern (Famous Funnies) published The Amazing Willie Mays in 1954. There was a single issue of All-Negro Comics in 1947. Parents Magazine published Negro Heroes in 1947. Fawcett and Charlton after they stopped printing comics had five issues of Negro Romances.

narfstar:
You can't forget Shoogafoots Jones
http://www.comics.org/series/14189/

I sure wish I would have scanned this before selling it way back when.

Yoc:
Ouch, nothing PC about Shoogafoots Jones!
First I've heard of the book, thanks Narf.

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