With all the tzimmis over the
Return of Steve Rogers as Captain America (and who didn't know
that was coming?), you might want to have a look at the
other star-spangled heroes introduced during the Golden Age of comic books!
You
did know
Captain America was
not the first superhero to wrap himself in the "colors that never run", didn't you?
The
very first flag-wearing hero was Archie (then MLJ) Comics'
The Shield who predated
Cap by over a year!
Then, between 1940 and 1945,
dozens of stars & stripes-wearing heroes (and heroines) flew, leaped, punched, kicked, and flipped thru the four-color newsprint world of comic books!
(Technically, Superman wore red, YELLOW, and blue, so he wasn't visually a flag-waving hero.
But Wonder Woman's Amazon garb
was meant to show alliance with America's values and beliefs!)
In that virtuous vein, we at
Atomic Kommie Comics™ want to tell you about a plethora of patriotic pummelers at
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™ in our
Flag-Draped Heroes line of kool kollectibles!
We're talking about
American Crusader
American Eagle (now Burning Eagle)
Captain Battle & Captain Battle Jr
Captain Courageous
Captain V
The Conqueror (illustrated above)
The Eagle & Buddy
The Flag
Major Victory
Man of War
Miss Victory
Stars & Stripes
Super-American
Unknown Soldier (now Soldier Unknown)
U.S. Jones
V-Man
Yank & Doodle
Yankee Doodle Jones & Johnny Reb
on t-shirts, mugs, messenger bags, and other goodies!
(We'll be doing individual
Hero(ine) Histories of each of them over the summer. Watch for them!)
Most, if not all of them have recently been revived in the new series
Project SuperPowers and it's spin-off titles. (Pick them up at your local comic book store TODAY!)
So fly the flag (or
The Flag himself) this 4th of July with
Flag-Draped Heroes ONLY at
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™!
Next week we'll be unleashing several designs commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the ULTIMATE music festival--WOODSTOCK!
