What I do like about Marvel is they did deploy their heroes in WW2. Captain America, Bucky and the Invaders (Namor, Human Torch, Toro, Spitfire, Union Jack etc).
Just none of these guys are exceptionally powerful. Maybe Namor but he got more powerful as he aged. So they could be the tip of the spear but not win the war instantly.
The Human Torch did burn Hitler alive though at the end of the war instead of what happened IRL.
Plus the Nazis had their own supes. Master Man, Warrior Woman, Iron Cross etc. uhh Thor that one time Hitler tricked him into trying to kill Stalin.
The soviet union even had a WW2 “Red Guardian” their Captain America.
There was a neat comic a decade or so ago about “The Crazy S.U.E.S.” (Special unit enhanced soldiers) which was about all the minor WW2 marvel superheroes (who in real life had comics during WW2) and the gimmick was the IRL comics were the in universe propaganda in WW2 and when the stopped getting published IRL that was because the supe had been killed fighting Nazis in universe.
Most if these guys had real minor powers or no powers just Watchmen style.
The problem I had with that is surely there’s still something Superman can do to help the war effort (in universes where he was around). That SMBC comic where he’s a transitional source of renewable energy by cranking an electromagnet, or IDK helping a shipyard pump out aircraft carriers etc
What I do like about Marvel is they did deploy their heroes in WW2. Captain America, Bucky and the Invaders (Namor, Human Torch, Toro, Spitfire, Union Jack etc).
Just none of these guys are exceptionally powerful. Maybe Namor but he got more powerful as he aged. So they could be the tip of the spear but not win the war instantly.
The Human Torch did burn Hitler alive though at the end of the war instead of what happened IRL.
Plus the Nazis had their own supes. Master Man, Warrior Woman, Iron Cross etc. uhh Thor that one time Hitler tricked him into trying to kill Stalin.
The soviet union even had a WW2 “Red Guardian” their Captain America.
There was a neat comic a decade or so ago about “The Crazy S.U.E.S.” (Special unit enhanced soldiers) which was about all the minor WW2 marvel superheroes (who in real life had comics during WW2) and the gimmick was the IRL comics were the in universe propaganda in WW2 and when the stopped getting published IRL that was because the supe had been killed fighting Nazis in universe.
Most if these guys had real minor powers or no powers just Watchmen style.
DC hitler had spear of destiny to keep the superheroes from entering Germany lol
The problem I had with that is surely there’s still something Superman can do to help the war effort (in universes where he was around). That SMBC comic where he’s a transitional source of renewable energy by cranking an electromagnet, or IDK helping a shipyard pump out aircraft carriers etc