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You have to remember that during the War, it was important for the citizens to support the army. The easiest way for women and children to be swayed into this was to bash the Axis powers and a picture is worth a thousand words.

The Allies would say this is "comic relief".

Being an Oriental, I do find this offensive, but the easiest storyline for comics and stories would be the War itself. There were hundreds of comics all bashing the Axis powers not just Action Heroes - the Beano and Dandy regularly screened episodes of:

~ A blundering Mussolini, who was portrayed as a moronic, big-headed, egoistic dictator whose comics always ended with him getting humiliated by the British, the Italian people, and his own soldiers.
~ Korky the Cat on a fight against Axis mice who were terrorising him, usually involving him throwing them into the sea, hitting them with hammers, and the like.
~ Comics in general bashing Hitler and making him look stupid, and getting thrashed by the British.
~ The Japanese being portrayed as useless and brainwashed.

So really, I don't know what to say. Racist, yes, but this was important because without support, I am sure I wouldn't be born today. And the same applies for a lot of people.*