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

[strannik01.insanejournal.com]

Does it say more or less what ours would, or does it describe a world where Super-American runs rampant, thereby ultimately causing their society's formation hundreds of years later?

It works either way.

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

It DOES, doesn't it? That could be a plot point - just what IS in the history book of the future? Does it show the Super-American's victory, his defeat, or what? And is this book accurate, or is it the result of editorial tampering - and if it IS accurate, is it all fated to be, or can things be changed?