History of the Comic Book - W4

This week I read a sampling of "Captain America #5 (1941)" and "Donald Duck The Hard Loser."  These two comics are interesting because they were released within a couple years of each other, Captain America being the first, but both were released during World War 2, and yet are vastly different. "Captain America and the Ringmaster of Death" is quite a sinister, fast-paced story.  It is fairly obvious that it was written as a patriotic piece in light of the war, with the Ringmaster character representing Hitler. The story seems very metaphorical with each character representing a different player in the war.
On the other hand, Donald Duck was a polar opposite to the intense, dark plot of Captain America. It began somewhat slowly, and depicted a fairly mundane storyline. Since it is a Walt Disney comic, these stories could have served more as an escape for readers, rather than .a call to patriotism. This is what Disney is most loved for, even today.
In terms of visuals, the two narratives are also quite different.  In Captain America, the colors are very dark, the story is set at night, and even the individual panels morph in shape with the story. The visuals in Donald Duck are very simple, the colors are pastel, and overall very child-like. All-in-all these two stories likely served different purposes for the readers and for the times.