Weird Golden Age Patriotism - Super-American

[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 will take 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.

First, we have Super-American, originally published by Fiction House. The following story originally appeared in Fight Comics #15. Writer unknown, art by Dan Zolnerowich.

















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Comments

[thokstar.insanejournal.com]

He looks far into the future and sees an amazing race of future Americans.

RACE DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!!

(Given the setting, the comment is even worse.)

[arilou_skiff.insanejournal.com]

"Race" has kind of undergone a bit of a slide in recent times. Partially due to the "scientific" meaning becoming more narrowed, but also because it used to be much more general in use, something akin to "People" or "Community".

[dr_hermes.insanejournal.com]

Back then, you would often see articles with phrases like "The Italians are a funny race," or "The British react with the stoicism of their race." No one thought twice about it. At some point, the word became more narrowly applied. Nowadays, whenever some discusses differences between the races, there's usually a chorus pointing out that we are all one race, race is a false distinction, we should say ethnic background or sub-culture. The meaning of words changes.
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[arilou_skiff.insanejournal.com]

Even more than that, I've seen DENTISTS described as a "Race".

[dr_hermes.insanejournal.com]

Oh, that's funny. I love the vagaries of language.

[silicone_soul.insanejournal.com]

Next thing you know you'll be saying they should have their own schools.

[ashtoreth.insanejournal.com]

Those are anti-dentites!