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3''Simon Says: Nazi Hunter'' is a ComicBook by Andre R. Frattino.
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5The comic follows [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal]], a Jewish-Austrian artist and Holocaust survivor. He managed to avoid the gas chambers by showing his talents, and was employed by the Nazis to paint swastikas on train cars. After the war, he worked with the [=US=] Army to track down Nazis in West Germany. However, from there, he struck out on his own and devoted the rest of his life to tracking down and bringing Nazis to justice.
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7The comic was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} on February 10th, 2017, and released on September 24th, 2019.
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10!!Simon Says: Nazi Hunter contains examples of:
11* TheForties: The comic is set in 1946.
12* CatapultNightmare: Simon wakes up from a dream about [[TheLostLenore Sarah]] this way.
13* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The comic is portrayed mainly in black and white. The only exception is when red is used.
14* DestinationDefenestration: A Nazi is thrown through a window in one panel.
15* {{Determinator}}: Simon refuses to let anything stop his quest to lock up every Nazi in the Reich, from being told not to because people are losing interest, to a lack of evidence to convict them.
16* DirtyCop: Erhardt Rohr, a former Nazi in the Reich, is a chief of police in Germany. He hasn't lost any of his sadism or disdain for Jewish people.
17* EyeScream: Simon uses his dead friend's lighter to burn a Nazi's eye.
18* HighClassGlass: Erhardt Rohr wears a monocle.
19* HumanLadder: In chapter 2, Simon has Bruno stand on a trash can, and then stands on Bruno's shoulders so he can see over a fence.
20* TheLostLenore: Sarah, Simon's wife, who was killed in the Holocaust [[spoiler:by Bruno]].
21* NaziHunter: Simon, who dedicated his life to the cause after surviving The Holocaust.
22* PlayingDrunk: In one comic, Simon is seen passed out drunk in a bar. In reality, he was just pretending to draw attention away from him.
23* RobbingTheDead: Simon accuses a Nazi of this when he sees he owns a lighter that belonged to a dead friend of Simon's named Luca.
24* YouAreNumber6: Simon has the numbers "054713" tattooed on his arm from his days as a Nazi prisoner.
25* YouDirtyRat: When Bruno is holding Simon up on his shoulders so Simon can look over a fence at some suspected Nazis, a rat comes along and bites Bruno's leg, causing him to drop Simon, blowing their cover.

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