black war hero’s story whitewashed in old comic
Posted by: Rich Watson on February 19, 2009 at 2:01 pm
“Folks in Steubenville, Ohio, were excited to learn that their own hometown hero Frank McGee won not only the Silver Star for his bravery during the Korean War, but that he would be immortalized in a comic book dedicated to war heroes.
“The excitement soured when ‘Heroic Comics’ #81 came out early in 1953, containing the story about how a wounded Cpl. McGee saved his platoon from machine-gun wielding North Korean soldiers on Hill 528.
“The story was mostly accurate except for one thing – it portrayed McGee as white.”
1 Response to "black war hero’s story whitewashed in old comic"
1 | King B
I can’t say that i’m surprised that would happen considering the time it was done. This kind of thing shows you just how far we have come as country and just how much more needs to be done.
