May 13, 2015
Further adventures of Supermac
The Supermac comic strips in Fore 'n' Aft from the Kaiser shipyards embodied the spirit of American patriotism by thousands of shipyard workers.
Between September 8, 1944, and March 30, 1945, a working class hero comic strip named Supermac ran in the weekly Kaiser Richmond shipyard magazine Fore ‘n’ Aft. He was the empowered spirit of the home front workforce, appearing in an employee magazine with a circulation of 80,000 copies.
These strips, from November 10, 1944 until the end of the year, carry the story arc through a whirley crane made crazy by loco weed as unwitting part of a sinister German sabotage plot and ends on a hopeful New Year's note. The home front work force desperately needed that boost — the war was turning, but "Victory in Europe" day would not be until May 8, 1945 and "Victory over Japan" day August 15.
Here are the next seven strips. Click on any image to enlarge.
These images are from the digital collection of Fore ‘n’ Afts collaboratively produced by Kaiser Permanente Heritage Resources and the Richmond Museum of History.
