"I did not know that! It makes sense, however. Reinterpretations of old myths and legends were a part of comic from the start, and Hilter's fascination with Teutonic mythology (among other things) was well-known.
On another note, is the Atom flying?…"
"He even altered the more "modern" Valkyries from DC Special #29 into the Golden Age versions, not in Young All Stars #1 (Ju'87) but in America Vs the Justice Society #1 (Ja'85)."
"Would you believe that Roy Thomas poached Gundra and the Valkyries from Comic Cavalcade #17 in 1946? Maybe everyone else already knew that, but I didn't know it until recently. It answers a lot of questions I had about DC Special #29!"
"JD: I find that hard to believe.
Eric: Would you believe Hermann Göring and the Valkyries?
JD: I still don't believe it.
Eric: How about Karl Dönitz and a couple of Jungmädel?"
"Not quite my first Flash comic -- that was the previous issue, "Don't Mess With the Molder!", and I'd read some of a friend's issues before that -- but this one cemented the fact that Flash was my favorite superhero. And this issue was so…"
"Unlike other hero's villians, Flash's rogues gallery did have a comeradie between them when not trying to defeat the Scarlet Speedster. (Image courtesy of the Grand Comics Database.)"
"Don't remember Kralik- did he emerge from the Phantom Zone?
No, he emerged from Jim Shooter's imagination. This issue of World's Finest is Kralik's first and only appearance. See Comics Archeology for a snarky write-up of the story."