Strange Tales of WWII
An idea for an anthology series (likely animated) that takes place in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, showing that superhumans have existed for a long time. Each season would focus on a different era, this one would focus on WWII. Host (like The Watcher in What If...): Nostradamus, who is envisioning the events from the past Ep 1: 1940 - Aarkus is sent to rescue Pr. Erskine, an anti-Nazi German doctor, from a concentration camp. He stays behind using his illusion casting to haunt the prison guards so that he may save everyone Ep. 2: 1943 - A sorcerer supreme of the 1940s is a US Army sniper. He was shipwrecked with a platoon of soldiers. Mephisto possesses members of the platoon to steal a magical artifact from him. Ep 3: 1944 - Destroyer stops The Face from using a poisonous gas on Allied forced in the Pacific Theater Ep 4: 1945 - Peggy Carter led the Howling Commandos on multiple raids to recover Hydra scientific discoveries for the SSR. Their last mission was to recover a stolen piece of Allied tech, which turned out to be the sentient synthoid, The Human Torch. Ep. 5: 1946 - After the seeming death of Captain America, Howling Commando James Montgomery Flasworth creates his own identity, Union Jack, to fight Hydra. He finds his brother has fallen in with them and has been transformed into a vampire.
Story added by slamadams on August 2, 2026
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