At first glance,
U.S. Jones was just another of a long line of 1940s super-heroes who wrapped themselves in the star-spangled red white and blue of the American flag.
Introduced in
WonderWorld Comics #28, he made the cover twice before the title was cancelled and he was given his own short-lived title.
What made him different from other patriotic-themed heroes was...
1) He had NO secret identity, (It's speculated that his name was "Ulysses S. Jones" or somesuch)
2)
U.S. Jones had
no weapons or super-powers.
He described himself as "...an average American doing what's right."
He always won in the end, but it wasn't easy for him...
3) No origin.
He simply was there from the first story onward, fighting foreign evil!
4) While other heroes ran fan clubs,
U.S. Jones was calling American youth to action against "America's Enemies". (This was before the US entered World War II.)
The "U.S. Jones Cadets Membership Kit," which the readers sent away for, told the readers that democracy must be protected at all costs, and listed ten rules for members; these included keeping fit, conserving resources, and knowing one's neighbors, among other things. (It also goes for a pretty penny on eBay...when you can find it!)
Since then, he languished in comic book limbo until Alex Ross included him as one of the time-lost heroes of
Project SuperPowers.
Unfortunately, he has not adjusted as well as most of the others to being revived in the present day...
We at
Atomic Kommie Comics™ respect the Everyman of patriotic heroes and have digitally-restored and remastered his best Golden Age cover appearance as part of our
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™ line of kool kollectibles!
And, just a gentle reminder to pick up the
Project SuperPowers comics, on sale now!
They're the
best Golden Age revival books out there!
As Sean Connery is to James Bond 007, so Rathbone is to Sherlock Holmes!
