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Minorities in comics pre-1960's: Depiction and/or Participation in comics
boox909:
You will want to look at some of the Centuar titles...some incredibly un-pc stuff in the humor slanted titles.
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darkmark (RIP):
Besides Ebony in The Spirit, there was Chop Chop in BLACKHAWK, who had his own comedy strip in the middle of the book. And Billy Batson (Captain Marvel) had a servant named Steamboat, which is the main reason why those stories weren't reprinted by DC. The Young Allies had Whitewash Jones, about as stereotyped-for-the-time as you could get. There were more, but I really don't feel like tracking them down right now.
OtherEric:
I would look at some of the Our Gang stories by Walt Kelly. I've heard nothing but praise for his portrayal of Bucky in that series, even if it did take him a little while to develop the character from his beginnings as Buckwheat. (I have yet to read all the stories myself yet.)
paw broon:
And on the same lines as Powerman, here are 2 titles for distribution in South Africa (1975). A bit after your period but hopefully of interest.
http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae289/masquerouge/TI001003.jpghttp://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae289/masquerouge/MM001004.jpg
comicsnorth:
As for the Centaur stuff, while they certainly had their moments, they also presented at least two Native American heroes, Mantoka & Red Blaze, who at the very least spoke better English than Tonto (Red, in fact, was a college man), and the evil Great Question was clearly Asian without being lemon yellow or speaking with a stereotypical accent. Not that there weren't plenty of characters (quite a procession of "Man -servants-of-color--even "Hammer" Donovan had one!) that met every stereotype in the book.
-Comicsnorth
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