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

[lynxara.insanejournal.com]

I am really sad that someone else has already used the title "Fight Comics." That is just one of the best possible titles for a comic in which there will be fighting.

[strannik01.insanejournal.com]

The trademark for "Fight Comics" expired decades ago, so anybody can use it. It's just a question of who uses it first.

[lynxara.insanejournal.com]

Clearly I need to get to work on a comic that's 22 pages of non-stop fightin'.

Or possibly a webcomic: all fights, all the time, updated three times weekly.

[dr_hermes.insanejournal.com]

The first rule of FIGHT COMICS is that you do not talk about FIGHT COMICS.

[lynxara.insanejournal.com]

That's so a banner ad for a webcomic.