Number 1940: Dick Briefer and the zombie laborers

Biographical information on comic artist Dick Briefer tells us that he did a comic strip for The Daily Worker, a Communist Party newspaper. Briefer was a prolific artist who also wrote, and I think I see an occasional comment in his stories on the state of workers in America, including today’s offering, “Frankenstein and the Zombies.” The boss of the “zombies” is a whip-carrying Simon Legree-type. It would not have been a good idea for Briefer to be too obvious, especially when this story from Frankenstein #8 (1947) was published. At that time Congressional committees were looking for communists in the entertainment industry. I assume that would include comic books, already under a lot of criticism.

I might be looking too close, even though the boss does look like how capitalist bosses were depicted. Regardless, it is a funny story

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