Kathryn – What about comics?

From a reader:

Clearly, I am outing myself as something here, but while it doesn’t answer your WWII question, a couple of the current Superman series deal with a story lines in which Superman has involved himself in a middle-eastern war (a little vague on where, countries are fictional of course), also sort of covers the Palestine/Israeli and Iraqi war (but could be any similar war)- in the PLO/Israeli one- Superman basically disarms both sides of their guns and similar weapons at superspeed, only to have each side start to attack him and each other with rocks- get it- Superman can’t make people stop killing each other. In this series (Lois lane his wife has disappeared along with perhaps millions of other people worldwide from some sort of superweapon being tested that randomly made people vanish -its latter discovered that its his device that sends people to the phantom zone-which now as an earthlike environment) – Anyway… and more importantly though and applicable to your posting is that -he and the other members of the justice league get into it at their moon base, because Superman broke an unwritten rule against interfering in acts of State, which could turn the world on them. Apparently Superman is acting out, asking for wide latitude and to be left alone, since he is grieving thinking Lois may be dead- which the Martin Manhunter calls him on as lots of people are grieving- Superman doesn’t like being compared to them, which MM also calls him on, asking if Supes grief is somehow worse than others or his (MM being the sole survivor of Mars) [sort of a hint that Superman could go rogue if something bad enough happens and thinks he is somehow better than humans]- While they never actually show a fight, Aquaman is especially angry and goes with a large invasion force to the fortress of solitude (ships, wales, etc)- see Aquaman is the King/Emperor of Atlantis, a sovereign nation, so Superman overriding acts of State just because he can- makes Aquaman very angry, no fight occurs (or at least isn’t shown- maybe latter in a flash back- one can hope)- basically just a stare down and a not very subtle warning to the Big S from Aquaman, to knock it off, Aquaman will not sit back while Superman interferes with sovereign countries affairs, especially his.
In the other line, Lois is shot while reporting in some Iraq like war, and Superman who apparently can hear Lois’ heartbeat anywhere in the world goes to save her, taking her to a hospital until the justice league arrives to take her to their base for more advanced treatment, anyway, his arrival on the scene causes the enemy to ask for a cease-fire, thinking superman is going to help our side. Nothing comes of this story line (yet), other than Lois’s suspension that US forces shot her to cause Superman to enter the battlezone, which he normally would not do.
Anyway- I figure you might care, not that DC doesn’t still suck- but K.Lo seems to be giving you a break from the no comics posting. For a more interesting Superhero in modern wars or similar, you should see Marvel’s Ultimate series -where the Avengers are considered America’s supersoldiers and Europe is protesting the ideal of developing their own or their involvement in wars (they consider Captain America, Ironman, etc- as WMDs); also the X-Men, FF and others.