Photos From An Alternative Earth Where Superheroes Existed

9:20AM October 16, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

What if Batman were a general for the Allies during World War II? What if Superman helped crush Nazi Germany? Or Spiderman battled alongside US soldiers in the streets of Berlin? Photographer and illustrator Agan Harahap wondered about the same thing.

We have featured Star Wars-World War II photography and classic art medleys before, but I like the superhero theme (I know, there’s some Star Wars too, like Darth Vader with Joseph Stalin. How fitting). I don’t get what the hell Batman is doing with Fidel Castro? [Melman and the Hippo via Format Mag]

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  • Sam Pryor

    October 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    I don’t like it. Good idea, terrible execution.

  • Chai

    October 16, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    The quality’s a bit iffy in terms of image choice. The Superman one highlighted is brilliant, and the Hulk one seems to fit, but the others are pretty iffy – they don’t blend in well.

    Nice idea though.

    • Chai

      October 16, 2009 at 3:30 PM

      Oh, and an obvious one – where’s Captain America and Bucky?

  • Jiaren

    October 16, 2009 at 4:53 PM

    its funny how they always portray these things with superheroes /star wars / etc who have awesome powers and state of the art technology…but hadn’t thought of inventing colour film let alone a digital camera…

  • hal

    October 17, 2009 at 5:25 AM

    it’s OK to let your imagination run wild.
    However, implying that US soldiers may have fought in the streets of Berlin is going a bit too far.

    THEY WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO GET WITHIN HUNDREDS OF MILES OF TO THE CITY!! Check your history.

  • J

    October 18, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    I like it. Can’t say bad things unless I saw better ones. Other than little awkward pose, they’re inspiring me a lot.

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