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	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Uncle Sam
		But it was Quality Comics that staked out a claim to the most famous red, white and blue character of all — they named and patterned their flag-draped hero after Uncle Sam himself.
		Uncle Sam's comics apparently sold fairly well during the first couple of years of the war, but even the most sure-fire concepts don't necessarily stay in print forever.
		There, they found Uncle Sam leading a group of Freedom Fighters that included several other Quality Comics superheroes who hadn't been seen in years — The Human Bomb, The Ray, Phantom Lady, The Black Condor and Doll Man. From 1976-78, The Freedom Fighters, after moving to the JLA's world, had their own comic.
	www.toonopedia.com /unclsam2.htm (651 words)

	Uncle Sam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States dating from the War of 1812.
		Uncle Sam was first used in a political cartoon, drawn by the famous Thomas Nast.
		Uncle Sam is usually drawn as a tall, elderly man with a Stars and Stripes top hat, a red, white, and blue morning coat, and striped pants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uncle_Sam (910 words)

	Uncle Sam
		Uncle Sam is a cartoon character that was designed sometime in the early 1800s to personify the United States.
		The term "Uncle Sam" can also be used as a synonym for America, especially the United States government.
		This Uncle Sam is a ragged old man who is tormented by visions of visiting episodes and aspects of the United States at its worst.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/u/un/uncle_sam.html (683 words)

	Uncle Sam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The tallest (38 ft (11.6 m)) Uncle Sam in Lake George, New York towers over 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) Alison.
		In some other countries, especially those that the United States is hostile toward and/or vice versa has an Anti-American sentiment, Uncle Sam is often portrayed as a much less respectable figure, and the personification of American arrogance and/or imperialism.
		The poster was inspired by a similar WWI poster issued in the United Kingdom, picturing Lord Kitchener in a similar pose.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Uncle_Sam (958 words)

	Uncle Sam -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Uncle Sam is usually drawn as a tall, elderly man with a (The national flage of the United States of America) Stars and Stripes top hat, red white and blue morning coat, and striped pants.
		In that version, Sam was a mystical being who was the spirit of a slain patriotic soldier of the (The revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783) American Revolutionary War, but now appeared in the world whenever his country needed him.
		DC Comics published a graphic novel called Uncle Sam, however this is not set in the (Click link for more info and facts about DC Universe) DC Universe, and features a very different version of the character.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/Un/Uncle_Sam.htm (791 words)

	Uncle Sam
		Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States dating from the War of 1812.
		Uncle Sam was first used in a political cartoon, drawn by the famous Thomas Nast.
		Uncle Sam is usually drawn as a tall, elderly man with a Stars and Stripes top hat, a red, white, and blue morning coat, and striped pants.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Uncle_Sam.php (728 words)

	Encyclopedia: Uncle Sam
		Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. A national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda.
		The Statue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue, given to the U.S. by France in the late 19th century, that stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all: returning Americans...
		Freedom Fighters #1 (April, 1976) Freedom Fighters is the name of a minor DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company, Quality Comics, and the short-lived comic book series of the same name featuring those characters.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Uncle-Sam (2064 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Uncle Sam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Uncle Sam is a remarkable feat, never preaching, but candid in its portrayal of a culture that has morally eroded due to corruption and human fallibility.
		Uncle Sam gives a perfect depiction of this; our greatest promises have been betrayed, but our greatest promises have been kept and will continue to be kept.
		Uncle Sam, representing the ideals of freedom, justice and fairness for all, is brought face to face with the spirit of America, totally different from himself, and in the meantime, is down on his luck, a bum on the street wrestling with his mind and his thoughts of the past.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/156389436X (1187 words)

	Review: Uncle Sam
		Along the way, Sam meets many of his iconic contemporaries: Lincoln, Dancing Sambo, Liberty, and the enigmatic Bea, most of whom are as lost and forgotten as he is, their relevance stolen by a world of fast food and Must-See-Thursdays.
		Considering all the lip service given to the potential of comics to surpass other media in their use of visual symbolism, it's also invigorating to see that potential being realised in the treatment of Sam's wardrobe.
		Early in the story, Sam is incapable of dealing with the world and the visions of his surreal past that plague him.
	www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=6 (979 words)

	Comics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The precise definition of comics remains a subject of debate, with some scholars insisting that their printed nature is crucial to the definition, or that they should be defined by the interdependence of image and text.
		The term "comics" likely originated in early 20th century comic strips, which were originally a venue for serial and gag humor (i.e., the name came from comedy).
		A radical break with the traditional comic genres occurred in the late 1960s with the advent of satirical, psychedelic, and sexually explicit underground comics.
	www.books-and-posters.com /Comics_cats_136.html (568 words)

	Uncle Sam - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Uncle Sam is a term that was designed sometime during the War of 1812 to personify the United States.
		In particular, the bloody crushing of Shays's Rebellion is considered a particularly disillusioning moment for the character which suggested for him that the USA's professed ideals have never been seriously respected since the nation's beginning
		Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /uncle_sam.htm (969 words)

	Golden Age Comics Downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		MLJ Comics, the forerunner of the Archie Series, was an outgrowth of the magazine publishing activities of Morris (sometimes spelled "Maurice") Coyne, Louis Silberkleit and John Goldwater, whose first-name initials gave the company its name.
		Quality Comics was a U.S.-based company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in the Golden Age of comic books.
		Comics uploaded to the system that have yet to be sorted into folders/publishers but can still be downloaded.
	goldenagecomics.co.uk (1255 words)

	Uncle Sam
		History: Uncle Sam appears to be a living embodiment of the American ideal.
		Uncle Sam was National Comics lead feature from his debut in #1 until he made his final Golden Age apearance in #45.
		He also had his own title, Uncle Sam Quarterly, which ran eight issues between 1941 and 1943, and which notably carried one of the few Quality Comics crossover stories, when Uncle Sam teamed up with Black Condor, Neon the Unknown, Quicksilver, the Ray, Red Bee, and the Spider.
	www.internationalhero.co.uk /u/unclesam.htm (402 words)

	Quality Comics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest was a US-based company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in the Golden Age of comic books.
		Many of their properties were sold to National Periodical Publications (now DC Comics) which chose to keep only a few titles running, such as Blackhawk and GI Combat.
		Uncle Sam Quarterly #1-8 (1941-1943; Blackhawk #9 onward)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quality_Comics (535 words)

	Fanzing 23 - December 1999 -
		Sam's spirit rose from his body and merged with the spirits of freedom and liberty to become Uncle Sam.
		Uncle Sam also does not age, and his presence is theorized to have kept the Freedom Fighters young over the many decades since World War II.
		Uncle Sam is the leader of the Freedom Fighters, and he feels some guilt about causing the deaths of three members of his first Freedom Fighters team - Red Torpedo, Neon, and Magno.
	www.fanzing.com /mag/fanzing23/feature3.shtml (10449 words)

	Public Square 22 - Three Deceptions of Uncle Sam (Jun 2002)
		Uncle Sam represents an approach to political comics that fails many of the essential tests I suggested at the beginning of this feature (here).
		Uncle Sam proceeds from the setting of a disoriented and hallucinating avatar wandering around, in tattered clothes, from vision after vision of America's misdeeds.
		We can see, thoughout Uncle Sam, a staple of the anti-American rhetorical approach: once the observer resolves to ignore America's virtues, and focus on (and perhaps exaggerate and/or add to) her defects, the task of denigration becomes obvious and inevitable.
	www.quarterbin.net /politics/pol22.html (4103 words)

	Uncle Sam by Steve Darnell and Alex Ross/The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln by Scott McCloud - R A I N T A X I o n l ...
		Through the course of Uncle Sam, he wanders a modern American city, slipping into memories of other times and places--from the death of Black Hawk in 1832 Illinois to a Prisoner of War camp in Civil War Georgia to the Great Plains dust bowl of the 1930s.
		When Uncle Sam is confronted by several other national symbols, however, the comic loses steam.
		In the end, he stands up to a doppelganger Uncle Sam, a slick, self-satisfied version of himself, and succeeds in reclaiming a sense of purpose as well as a sense of his past.
	www.raintaxi.com /online/1998summer/unclesam.shtml (925 words)

	uncle sam poster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It's hard to tell as a single parent whether Christina Aguilara is still popular or whether britney spears is. With uncle sam poster its' all easy.
		And my girlfriend is always happy when I send her something cool from contemporary art, museum art, photography or vintage images for the living room too with uncle sam poster.
		Both this and James Montgomery Flagg's Uncle Sam poster (77) are similar to an earlier...
	www.900workathome.com /uncle-sam-poster.htm (502 words)

	Column: Uncle Sam wants you!
		Uncle Sam has your money and he knows where you live.
		A recent survey conducted by the University of South Berwick revealed that Uncle Sam may also know about that time you (don't worry, your secret is safe with Sam) and how you bent all those rules in the name of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
		Whatever the case may be, I urge you to play along with Uncle Sam's little game.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2000news/4_23breneman.htm (848 words)

	Graphic novel review - Uncle Sam - Steve Darnall, Alex Ross
		Darnall uses a giddying torrent of flashbacks to place Sam in many of the situations in American history where its citizens have behaved despicably toward themselves.
		Sam moves through the genocide of the native American, the horror of slavery and civil war, to evils perpetrated in the modern era.
		The flashbacks are as confusing to Sam's view as they are shocking to ours, asking not where the dream of freedom and liberty disappeared to, but whether it ever even existed.
	www.grovel.org.uk /reviews/uncles01/uncles01.htm (259 words)

	Uncle Sam : Comics SuperHeroes Cartoons
		It was some time during this period that Sam was more-or-less standardized, wearing a stars-and-stripes tuxedo with tails, a matching top hat and a white goatee.
		Sam's appearance was finalized once and for all by James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960).
		During the 20th century, the Wilson Rice Nast Flagg version of Uncle Sam was seen in newspaper political cartoons the world over.
	cartoons-comics.deepthi.com /cartoons-uncle-sam-traditional.html (492 words)

	Amazon.com: Uncle Sam: Books: Steve Darnall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Uncle Sam" rightfully takes its place next to "V for Vendetta," "Maus" and "I Saw It." It is a rare achievement in comics, for a major company to put forth a book that has something to say on a subject other than comics.
		Speaking with a remarkable eloquence, "Uncle Sam" speaks of symbols and countries, and what it means to be patriotic, and to have faith in a symbol.
		Uncle Sam, representing the ideals of freedom, justice and fairness for all, is brought face to face with the spirit of America, totally different from himself, and in the meantime, is down on his luck, a bum on the street wrestling with his mind and his thoughts of the past.
	www.amazon.com /Uncle-Sam-Steve-Darnall/dp/1563894823 (2060 words)

	Uncle Sam is hard at work for U.S. corporations
		Uncle Sam is hard at work for U.S. corporations
		In assessing President Bush's four-year economic performance, the standard measures show overwhelmingly that his record puts him at the bottom among the post-World War II presidents.
		Walter Williams is a professor emeritus at the University of Washington's Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs and is the author of "Reaganism and the Death of Representative Democracy."
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/192341_williams27.html (817 words)

	Uncle Sam
		Note: Although Will Eisner introduced Uncle Sam to comics the image of the character was based upon the 1917 "I Want You For U.S. Army" recruitment poster of World War I, created by James Montgomery Flagg.
		An American Revolutionary War soldier named Sam was gunned down while diverting Hessian mercenaries away from a wagon train of supplies for General Washington's troops at Valley Forge.
		Sam's spirit rose from his body and they became one.
	spider-bob.com /heroes/dc/UncleSam.htm (187 words)

	Amazon.co.jp： U.S. Uncle Sam (DC Comics Vertigo): 洋書: Steve Darnall,Alex Ross,Todd Klein
		Sam witnesses historical events rife with betrayal, lies, bigotry and unstinting violence, bringing him to the hardest question of all: "Ask not what your country's done for you.
		By the end of this often uncomfortably inquisitive, but unquestionably valid read, it is hard to escape the truth of Sam's savage accusation that America is naught but a glossy, vapid advertisement for a product that does not exist.
		Uncle Sam is a remarkable feat, never preaching, but candid in its portrayal of a culture that has morally eroded due to corruption and human fallibility.
	www.amazon.co.jp /U-S-Uncle-Sam-Comics-Vertigo/dp/1563894823 (339 words)

	All Things Zombie - Movie Reviews - Uncle Sam (1997)
		Among some of Uncle Sam's victims are a few flag-burning teens, a draft-dodging teacher, a tax-evading lawyer, and a slimy politician.
		Uncle Sam could have been such a classic, but sadly it falls dangerously close to complete obscurity.
		Uncle Sam is very much like buying a batch of generic fireworks from a cheap roadside stand.
	www.allthingszombie.com /movies/unclesam.php (1151 words)

	Comics Should Be Good! » Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #1 Review
		Writing a comic based on the ideas of Grant Morrison is an interesting situation for a writer (or writerS) to be in.
		Oddly enough, that’s exactly what happens in Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #1, which, as an introduction issue, is fun to read mainly because it is essentially just stating Morrison’s ideas for the characters, which are quite fun.
		The sooner Uncle Sam is leading these folks as the new Freedom Fighters, the better.
	goodcomics.comicbookresources.com /2003/07/19/uncle-sam-and-the-freedom-fighters-1-review (874 words)

	UNCLE SAM
		But first, Uncle Sam was an icon of political cartoons and posters; an icon with a face and body like Abe Lincoln and a costume out of a vulgar pageant.
		Uncle Sam is written by Steve Darnall, who has a wonderful, eloquent voice, capable of poetry and full of frank idealism and rage.
		Uncle Sam is not a political manifesto as such; Darnall and Ross don't seem to have any sort of call to action in mind.
	www.cinescape.com /0/Editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Comics&action=page&obj_id=24668 (1046 words)

	Fanzing 46 - July 2002 - A Freedom Fighting First
		Published by Quality Comics in the 1940's, Uncle Sam, the Ray, Doll Man, Human Bomb, Black Condor, and Phantom Lady (and other characters) were purchased by DC after Quality went out of business.
		Quickly dispatching the tanks (Uncle Sam smashes two together, and the Human Bomb destroys another), the Freedom Fighters carry their comrades-to-be to their bunker headquarters.
		Uncle Sam believes the heroes' motives are sincere, and Dr. Fate further cements Sam's trust when he uses his magics to determine the locations of three mind controlling devices.
	www.fanzing.com /mag/fanzing46/feature4.shtml (2389 words)

	Recensioni DC: Uncle Sam
		In Uncle Sam, Alex Ross invece scardina il mito USA dall' interno: il suo è una sorta di suicidio morale (finalmente l'autocoscienza!) da cui non si può prescindere.
		Un cancro visionario, benefico ed orrendo allo stesso tempo, che corrode definitivamente l'immagine del paese sentinella della libertà mondiale, un paese che in realtà ha sempre giocato sporco, un paese dove le parole dei politici e dei generali hanno sempre puzzato di tradimento, dove i soldi sono sempre stati più importanti della vergogna.
		Uncle Sam è perciò una dolorosa ri-cognizione, l' impietosa e catartica riscrittura dei nodi cruciali della storia stars and stripes.
	www.monet.mo.it /glamazonia/recensio/dccomics/us.htm (815 words)

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