Timoshenko Hall of Fame

Zips HALL OF FAME MARSHAL TIMOSHENKO WHEN THE LIGHTS OF EUROPE ARE ONCE AGAIN KINDLED, WHEN THE SMOKE OF SLAVERY AND BESTIALITY ARE FOREVER BROKEN, AND MAN, THE WORLD OVER, ONCE AGAIN DRAWS FREE BREATH, HUMANITY WILL OWE A LARGE DEBT, AN UNPAYABLE DEBT, TO MARSHAL SEMYON TIMOSHENKO FOR IN ANY ONE MAN HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CRACKING THE ONRUSHING NAZI HORDE'S THAT MEN'S RIM? BORN THE SON OF A POOR PEASANT, SEMYON TIMOSHENKO HAS WON ALL THE HIGHEST DECORATIONS FOR BRAVERY AND ABILITY... AND HAS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST RANK IN THE RED ARMY TO WHICH HIS NAME IS KNOWN FOR BEING SURPASSED BRAVERY AND FIGHTING GENIUS. MAN WHO BELONGS TO THAT GREAT WORLD FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM THE PROUD COURAGEOUS COUNTRY OF HIS OWN BIRTH... 'SUPE!' AND HE'S A REAL 'SCOT' ON THE FIGHT ON OUR ENEMY! 'HOOT MON!' 'TIS A BONNY SCOTSMAN HE IS, SANDY! TIMOSHENKO ONLY A SCOTSMAN COULD FIGHT THE WAY THAT DOES.

A vintage Zip Comics page presents Soviet Marshal Semyon Timoshenko as a larger-than-life hero in a dramatic “Hall of Fame” feature. The joke is the bizarre American comic-book claim that Timoshenko was essentially Scottish, complete with exaggerated praise and cartoon dialogue, echoing the uploader’s remark about Soviet historical figures appearing in U.S. comics.

• @sbunem / 102810 2025-05-09