Maria Baida One-Woman Army

PAGE 58 IT'S MARIA BAIDA THE "ONE-WOMAN ARMY." WHAT BRAVE MEN THESE NAZIS ARE, THE LEAST SUR- PRISE AND THEY RUN, HA HA HA! IT WAS FOR SUCH FEATS AS THESE, FOR HER UTTER SELF- LESSNESS AND BRAVERY THAT MARIA BAIDA WAS DECOR- ATED WITH THE ORDER OF LENIN, THE HIGHEST AWARD TO BE GIVEN A RUSSIAN HERO. MARIA, THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW DEAR YOU ARE TO THEIR HEARTS! COMRADE KALININ, THE HONOR YOU AND THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE GIVE ME IS GREAT, BUT I CAN STAY HERE NO LONGER. I MUST GET BACK TO THE FRONT! TO YOU, MARIA BAIDA, SYMBOL OF BRAVE WOMANHOOD IN DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRACIES THE WORLD OVER... FOR YOUR COURAGE AND FIGHTING SPIRIT, ZIP COMICS IS PROUD AND HONORED TO AWARD YOU THE PALM OF THE MONTH!

A vintage Zip Comics page depicts Soviet soldier Maria Baida fighting Nazis, receiving praise from Comrade Kalinin, and being honored as a brave female hero. The joke comes from the wildly earnest American comic-book portrayal of a real Soviet war hero, making it useful as an absurd reaction to surprising historical discoveries. EN: A vintage Zip Comics page depicts Soviet soldier Maria Baida fighting Nazis, receiving praise from Comrade Kalinin, and being honored as a brave female hero. The joke comes from the wildly earnest American comic-book portrayal of a real Soviet war hero, making it useful as an absurd reaction to surprising historical discoveries.

• @sbunem / 102810 2025-05-09