| In the 1940s the True Comics series of comic books presented educational information for kids in a pictorial format. As a backlash against racism, and in particular the racial superiority propaganda of the Nazis in WWII, humanist and publisher George J. Hecht produced a piece called There Are No Master Races! in issue #39 of the series, published in Sept-Oct 1944. Using references from the Bible, alongside both historical and scientific understanding he presented a strong anti-racist piece of propaganda to counter the Nazi claims. The latter panels directly mentioning the Japanese, Italians and Germans. |
In particular reference to the idiocy of the Nazi claims of there being a superior Aryan race, the piece ridicules Hitler and his cronies, for not even being physically like the Aryan ideal that they promoted. The story was reprinted and distributed as a propaganda pamphlet. Even though there was still endemic racism and segregation in the United States at the time, Hecht was someone who used his position to spread an anti-racism message in order to try and educate young readers of True Comics.
