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

[msc]

Yes, I share the same interest. I believe most of these will be in DCM.
Snowball. In one adventure, the Native American hero Red Hawk is assisted by a black native nicknamed Snowball, who resides on an island that doubles as a secret air base for the Americans.  Blazing 2 (1944).
Mammy. Jun-gal’s fiercely loyal companion. Blazing Comics 1-5 (1944-45).
Rufus Worth, the family butler of Johnny Rebel’s alter ego. Johnny has a black butler named Rufus Worth who calls him “master” and is his only companion.  Yankee Comics 2-4; (active 1941-43).
Whitey, associate of Hammerhead Hawley. Hawley has an African-American associate named Whitey, who operates the radio back at his secret undersea base. He often calls Hawley “boss,” then promptly corrects himself, saying, “sir.” Captain Aero 8-11, 13-14 HOLYOKE (active 1942-44).
Sidi Ahran. Not avaiable in DCM but great story if you can come across it. Black Nazi agent of the German Afrika Korps who pretends to be a bumbling African-American janitor named Mercury. A Spirit of ’76 story. Green Hornet 13 HARVEY (1943).
The Voodoo Man. The Voodoo Man’s given name is Boanga, a Haitian medicine man.  Warren. Weird Comics 1-7; Samson 3; The Flame 4-8 FOX (1940-42).

[jfglade]

 Bob Phantom had a reoccuring female "Yellow Peril" menace in Princess Ah-Ku, which was fairly unusual for characters who did not operate in the Pacific. She's introduced in the Bob Phantom stories in Top-Notch comics #4 and returns in issue #9; Top-Notch was published by MLJ/Archie Comics.

  There were a great number of Oriental villains in the Fu Manchu mold, and Fu himself appeared in stories in early DC comics which you won't find here.

[josemas]

You may also want to look through the war comics of the Korean War era as they have various depictions of the Asians (primarily Korean and Chinese) involved in that conflict.

While DCM can't host the most prolific of war comic publishers from those years (Atlas/Marvel) they do have war comics from a number of other publishers including Ace, Ajax-Farrell, Avon, Better/Standard, Fawcett, Fiction House, Harvey, Hillman, Key, Magazine Enterprises, Quality, St. John, Toby, and Ziff-Davis.

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Joe