The Russkies are Coming! ATOMIC SPY CASES "Operation H.M."

Think we're paranoid about the (unnamed, but obvious) enemy discovering our atomic secrets?

Look at how nutso we were back in the 1950s!

(BTW, the "Based on TRUE Stories" caption is a total lie!)

The lead story from this Avon Comics 1950 one-shot with a Norman (Mars Attacks) Saunders cover exemplifies the "Russkies/Chinese under the bed" paranoia of the era!
With imperialist running dog Putin going Don da Con-level bonkers, perhaps it was, in fact, justified!
Regrettably, neither the writer nor artist(s) are known.

Justice for Asians ALL-TRUE CRIME "Tong War!"

Non "big-name" Asians and Asian-Americans (like Fu Manchu)...

....were rarely featured in crime comics, the way the Italian Mafia, Irish Westies, or other ethnically-based criminal groups were!

Writer Carl Wessler and artist Jack Keller played on numerous, already outdated, racist cliches about Chinese in America in this never-reprinted tale from Atlas' All-True Crime #51 (1952), including speech patterns, clothing, and methods, indicating that the Tong members shown were immigrants, not native-born Asian-Americans!

Unfortunately, all the Chinese shown are given the bright lemon-yellow skin coloring common in comics of the era to denote Asians.

(Note: The non-Tong Chinese are shown in contemporary American clothing and speak impeccable English.)

BTW, though this is listed as issue #51, this is the first issue of this title.

Before this, the book was titled All-True Crime Cases Comics.

Shortening the title didn't help.

The book's run ended with the next issue!

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