REAL PERSON ROUND-UP 015

Time for another round! Of round-up!

Adolf Hitler: 

When time traveller Whiz Wilson journeys to the far future world of 1960 CE he gets mixed up in a scheme hatched by agents of this fellow, ruler of "the dictator realms of Europe." Is he meant to be Hitler or merely evoke him? Hard to say, but I for one think he's supposed to be Old Hitler. (Sure-Fire Comics 001, 1940)

He's not that much of a Hitler, but Don Ruizen, dictator of the South American country of Bolita, is absolutely a little guy with a toothbrush mustache who has started a ruinous war for his own enrichment (at the insistence of an oil company, but still). (Target Comics v1 001, 1940)

This is the back of Hitler's head in all but name - there's even a cut-off "fuhrer" in the first panel - from a fictional movie called The Maskless Axeman, about the dictator's very well-dressed executioner. (Target Comics v1 001, 1940)

Al Capone:

 Honestly not sure what percentage of guys like Boss Barone here are purposeful references to Al Capone and how many are just a result of the rhythm of his name entering the collective unconscious of comic book writers as sounding gang-bossy. (Target Comics v1 010, 1940)

Albert Lebrun:

It's the same old story: the White Streak is in Paris in 1940 and the President of France has been kidnapped. Do we count the fact that Albert Lebrun was President of France in 1940 higher than the fact that this unnamed president doesn't really look like Lebrun or vice versa? (Target Comics v1 005, 1940)

FDR:

Minor appearance by FDR to give the thesis of this White Streak adventure. (Target Comics v1 010, 1940)

Joseph Stalin:

He's unseen in the fake movie The Blue Zombie but Josef Malinsk (Joseph Stalin), dictator of Bolshemania (Russia) drives much of the action of the story when he orders the invasion of Coreland (Finland) and inspires the creation of the titular Blue Zombie (original creation). (Target Comics v1 006, 1940)

the Koh-i-Noor Diamond:

Once again "Kohinoor" crops up as shorthand for "a big gem," and this time it's even a diamond! As is often the case, the dang thing ends up being stolen and it's down to the Chameleon to recover it for its wealthy owner, if not the British Crown or the nation of India. (Target Comics v1 007, 1940)

the Mona Lisa: 

Whiz Wilson's exploration of the future takes him to Switzerland in the year 2040 AD, a land devastated by World War Four. He helps a band of Americans hold a castle stuffed full of treasure from a band of roving horselords, treasure that includes both the Mona Lisa and "the Venus statue" which I'm going to assume is the Venus de Milo and not, say, the Venus of Willendorf. (Sure-Fire Comics 002, 1940)

Robert Taylor: 

The smallest possible name check here: the never-seen Robert Baylor is almost certainly a reference to actor Robert Taylor. (Target Comics v1 002, 1940)