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EPISODE · Nov 19, 2025 · 38 MIN

1933 - Sun-Koh, the Heir of Atlantis: Germany’s forgotten pulp superman and the dark side of adventure fiction

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In 1933, as Doc Savage burst onto American newsstands as the self-made “Man of Bronze,” Nazi Germany created its own twisted mirror image: Sun-Koh, the genetically superior “Heir of Atlantis.” This wasn’t just another pulp knockoff—it was weaponized fiction, designed to inject Nazi racial ideology directly into the bloodstream of popular culture.

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