Patriotic SuperHeroes besides Captain America

"I'm NOT Captain America, or Superman, you sieg-heiling swine!
I'm Super-American!"

Yes, you know about Captain America, but 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
The Eagle & Buddy
The Flag
Fighting Yank
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!

There's even a Flag-Draped Lost Heroes 12-Month Calendar!

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™!

75th Anniversary of the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Let's look at how the amazing aviatrix was portrayed in comics...

Though cover-dated August, 1937, the issue this one-pager by Stookie Allen appeared in (Dell Comics' The Funnies #11) was probably produced in March (when Amelia made her first attempt at an around-the-world flight), and on-sale in May or June, shortly before her ill-fated second attempt.

So the reference about the writer/artist "pulling for her" was probably in reference to her first attempt.

The other comic stories we're presenting were done after she disappeared on July, 2, 1937...

This story from True Comics #52 (1946) has one interesting mis-statement.
See if you can find it...

Did you catch it?
The next-to-last panel should read "Two hours later...", not "Two days later"

Our final tale is from an installment of the ongoing non-fiction feature Wonder Women of History that appeared in Wonder Woman #23 (1947), illustrated by Robert Sale...

Rest in Peace, Ms. Earhart.

You are not, nor will you ever be, forgotten.
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Design of the Week--United We Stand

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...
Democrat or Republican!
Conservative or Liberal!
Romney or Obama!
Whatever your politics, we are ALL Americans, and UNITED WE STAND this 4th of July.
Vintage painting featuring the pre-1958 48-star flag flying proudly over a typical American town at sunrise.
Retro design from a time when Americans stood together.
If you're nostalgic for the "good ol' days", this is the thing to display on t-shirts, sweats, mugs, and other kool kollectibles!
But do it NOW, because next Sunday, this design, like the "good ol' days", will be history!

Mirth of a Nation

Some things never go out-of-date...

...like dumb jokes and juvenile humor, as these panels from Mirth of a Nation #5 (1943) demonstrate!

Five issues were produced by the Harry "A" Chesler Jr. Features Syndicate for the short-lived Wm H Wise & Company.

Each issue had this notice on the first page...

Reading Room: SUPERSNIPE "There Shall Come...a Costume!" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our FanBoy...

This scene does not appear in the comic, but it's really cool!

After inadvertently saving a scientist neighbor from enemy spies (but not receiving credit for the deed), Koppy McFad aka SuperSnipe decides to adopt a distinctive costume...a pair of his grandfather's red flannel underwear, his father's blue "men's club" lodge cape, and a domino mask.

Suitably-garbed, the Man of 1955 follows some state Conservation Wardens as they prepare to battle an invasion of Japanese Beetles.
Unfortunately, the neophyte superhero thinks "Japanese Beetles" are like Navy SEALS (they're really insects), and screws up the Wardens' attempt to trap and exterminate the bugs.
Spanked and chastised, Koppy is sent to the grocery store where he sees a sign denouncing sugar hoarding as being unpatriotic...

And you thought Peter Parker/Spider-Man was the first "hero with problems"!
Speaking of which, this story is actually untitled.
The Grand Comics DataBase made up their own title "Invasion of the Japanese Beetles".
But since that plotline is less than half of the story, I thought something a bit more evocative would work better.
Since the big point of the story is Koppy gaining his distinctive garb, I thought a Stan Lee-esque phrase would convey the point.

Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V1N6 (1942) by George Marcoux.

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