Thursday, March 28, 2019

Tomorrow the World-E.E. Hibbard-1945


Here's an unusual piece from AA Comics in WWII. While it's an adaptation of the then-recent film and its earlier stage play, the story eschews any ending in favor of a contest for middle schoolers. And look on the last page who the judges were said to be! Big names indeed. Was the winning ending ever run anywhere? Not sure. I know that All-American offered up reprints of just this story in an unusual move. Giveaways? One was sold on HA recently. See below for the front "cover."

It's a rare comics story that explicitly acknowledges the hatred for the Jews and how it was spreading to America. In the film, boy Nazi was portrayed by Skippy (later "Skip") Homeier who would go on to a long career as a character actor that included a couple STAR TREK episodes.



















2 comments:

The Silver Fox said...

Wow. That was mind-blowing, and kind of eerie.

バーンズ エリック said...

For my money, that open ending is the way to go. Second (third, fourth...) chances are well & good, but even before the attempted manslaughter, he was intending to put the other boy in the hospital. I guess it partly devolves to whether incarceration is a question of punishment/revenge or one of public safety.

Worth saying as well that the artist did an excellent job on this.