--which I for one found amusing. The comic book JOE COLLEGE only lasted two issues-- this one being number two of two. But if one compares it to some of the lousier stories about Real Americans appearing around the same time, this one is actually a pretty good reflection of imperialistic attitudes without a lot of preaching. In short, the young blonde guy is made the subject of eros by Princess Dreamboat, the Indian maiden, and the subject of thanatos by the war-bonnetted brave with the odd name of "Horse Feathers."
I don't intend to start a category for "fake Real Americans," but here's one from the 1966 BATMAN comic strip:
I suspect that weeks of continuity in which the Joker's Indian henchwoman goes around saying things like "how" and "ugh" aren't really eradicated by the excuse that she's just a Brooklyn girl playing a role. Interestingly, the fake Indian girl's name is "Laughing Girl," which may be a roundabout reference to a Pulitizer-winning 1929 novel about Native Americans: Oliver LaFarge's LAUGHING BOY.
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