Hitler was the original arch foe, as every hero in the Golden Age did their part to kill the Fuhrer. Outside the realm of comics, Hitler was in fact extremely influential(messed up that word) when it came to the American comic. Hell, it can be argued that it's because of Adolf that Captain America was created to begin with. In the comics, WW2 was fought a number of ways. In one Superman comic, it ended right there and then, with the Man of Steel flying Hitler and some other politician to the U.N. For this, Superman was condemned by Hitler, especially since it was two Jewish guys who created Kal-El. And later, the very first issue of Captain America showed the iconic image of Cap uppercutting Adolf with force as a crowd of Nazis fired wildly around the room, terrified of this new enemy. Oh, and this cover was drawn a year before Pearl Harbor. So, yeah. Hitler was definitely integral to the success of the super hero in comic books. Give the genocidal, one-balled madman his props.