Weird Golden Age Patriotism - USA, The Spirit of Old Glory

[strannik01.insanejournal.com]

MLJ's the Shield was the first patriotic superhero in American comics, but it wasn't until Captain America came around that the trend really took off. Every publisher rushed to jump on the bandwagon and get their own patriotic hero (or several) out on the shelves. Some were fairly mundane, but others... Others were just plain weird.

In this series, I am taking a look at some of the odder, more unique examples of the trend. Members of the original scans_daily will probably remember some of them, but others will be brand new.

This post focus on one of the later. It was one of the many patriotic superheroes that appeared in Quality Comics over the years (the most famous and popular of which was, of course, the company's version of Uncle Sam). This particular character only lasted a few issues of Feature Comics. As far as I know, she was very revived by DC, or anyone else, for that matter, which I think is kind of a shame. The concept is just too odd not to be used somehow.

The following story was originally published in Feature Comics #42. Writer unknown, art by Maurice Gutwirth









Note: I apologize for the quality of the scans. The originals were rather poor, and while I tried to clean them up the best I could, there was only so much I could do with what little photo editing software I have.

Comments

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

So, out of curioosity, how are you pronouncing her name?

YOOSA as in Una with an S

or

YOOESSAY as in pronouncing the acornym?

[ashtoreth.insanejournal.com]

I found it amusing to read the comic pronouncing it 'youessay'. I mean, really.

"USA is looking pretty hot! SHOW US YOUR TITS, USA!"

[dr_hermes.insanejournal.com]

"John Bull, drop your pants!"