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The origin of American national icon Uncle Sam is more mysterious than one might believe.  There were theories about the origin of the name as a personification of the U.S government as early as 1816 But such origin stories changed with the times.  Fifteen years later, a completely different explanation of the name made the[...]

National Comics was an anthology comic book series published by Quality Comics, from 1940 for nine years and is best known for Will Eisner's Uncle Sam character that appeared in the first issue, as well as later introducing Wonder Boy, The Barker, and Quicksilver All were eventually taken in by DC Comics, and Alex Ross[...]

The origin of American national icon Uncle Sam is more mysterious than one might believe.  There were theories about the origin of the name as a personification of the U.S government as early as 1816 But such origin stories changed with the times.  Fifteen years later, a completely different explanation of the name made the[...]

The origin of American national icon Uncle Sam is more mysterious than one might believe.  There were theories about the origin of the name as a personification of the U.S government as early as 1816 But such origin stories changed with the times.  Fifteen years later, a completely different explanation of the name made the[...]

Where are Uncle Sam and the Human Bomb? When the Freedom Fighters were created back in 1973 in the pages of Justice League of America #107 by Len Wein and Dick Dillin, they had pulled together six characters originally created for Quality Comics The team consisted of Black Condor, Dollman, the Human Bomb, Phantom Lady,[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters art by Daniel Acuna With the announcement of the new Ray CW cartoon, an opportunity presents itself for me to dust off another one of my B-List Defender reviews, this time about Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters. This series, by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, and Daniel Acuna from 2006,[...]

to many she has become a symbol of modern America- or what America could be — and has seen Sana Amanat honoured at the White House (the previous White House, obviously). It just so happens that she is sharing a pose with another, more famous, icon of America: Uncle Sam — who seems to have some[...]

 A colleague of Peter's during the World War I era was now-legendary illustrator James Montgomery Flagg — who is best remembered today for his reinvention of the Uncle Sam iconography for Leslie's Magazine covers, including the famous "I Want You" image (which later became a recruitment poster)  Little remembered today is the fact that Flagg did the same[...]