In 1940, Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster crafted a comic strip for Look magazine, portraying the Man of Steel as a World War II hero.
In this storyline, Superman confronts Nazi forces, ingeniously tying their guns into knots while taunting them with “Let’em try firing now.” He then downs a German fighting plane, crashes into Adolf Hitler’s bunker, and overpowers the Führer’s guards. Next, Superman confronts Hitler, expressing a desire to stuff a “non-Aryan sock” in his mouth, regretting only the lack of time for such an act.
He then resolves to take Hitler with him, also intending to capture his “certain pal” en route. Subsequently, Superman apprehends Joseph Stalin in Moscow and delivers both him and Hitler to the League of Nations.
The following year, Nazi Germany would attack the Soviet Union, aligning Stalin with the UK, France, and the US.