As far as I can tell, the earliest example of a government comic in this collection is a 1918 booklet called The Cartoon Book, designed to sell Liberty Bonds. It collects many drawings from political cartoonists of the era, most of them single panels. But two artists used sequential images, like this.
Other examples cover a broad range of topics:
- Judy Joins the WAVES.
- The Battle of the Energy Drainers, featuring Captain America.
- A Handbook for Auxiliary Fireman, with art by Milt Caniff.
- The Adventures of Ray Cycle, Recycling Superhero: Connecticut Recycles.
- Our Vacation in Ontario.
As government documents, all these comics are in the public domain, and eminently downloadable. But be warned: the pages have been scanned into TIFF format, so a 36-page color comic fills nearly 100 MB.
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