Tarzan, Superman, And Renfrew Of The Mounted Meet

During the course of the second World War, the creators of Tarzan, Superman, and Renfrew of the Mounted were all involved in the war effort and they all came together in the Pacific theater.







Reblogged from http://www.erbzine.com/mag31/3199.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



An August 27, 1944 Party at Louise's
Ed meets Jerry Siegel (Superman),
Laurie Erskine (Renfrew of the Mounted),
John Duke and Sam Blumenfeld (Midpacifican Staff Writers),
Sgt. Jimmy Moonie (Midpacifican Photographer)

 

 

 

 

FROM EDGAR RICE BURROUGH'S AUTOGRAPH ALBUM

 

 

Laurie Y. Erskine

 

 

With sketch of Renfrew of the Mounted.

 

 

 

  

Jerry Siegel

 

 

With sketch of Superman.

 

 

 

 

 

Sam Blumenfield

 

 

Midpacifican ( newspaper the article was in ) staff writer.

 

 

 

 

 

Photographer Jim Mooney

 

 

This may be the Jim Mooney that worked for DC comics.

Actually the Tarzan books and movies did have him involved in World War II to some extent, something that was related to the real life war that was going on in north Africa. Superman was supposed to have been classified as 4-F by the draft to explain why he wasn't in the war, which he would have quickly ended as he did in fact in a strip done for LOOK magazine. But that angle was ignored in the animated cartoons and radio programs of the time, where Superman was engaged in fighting the enemies of the nation.


How Superman Would End The War ( LOOK Magazine, Feb. 27, 1940 ):
http://archive.org/details/HowSupermanWouldEndTheWar




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