Uncle Sam
12 years after Americans had shed their blood in World War I, the forces of evil, greed, intolerance, and crime threatened the ideal out of which America was born. Uncle Sam returned to join the war…
The spirit of America passed through the small midwestern town of Glen Valley. It felt the strength and honesty of a man named, “Samuel.”
You’ve already done it! Just take my hand, Samuel – and you’ll be possessed of unimaginable power and invincibility. You’ll be as strong as America’s belief in you – and in itself!
Soon after, he met a young man to accompany him on his adventures…
Flashback: Max mercury
When we last saw Max Mercury, he was known as “Ahwehota,” or “He who runs beyond the wind.” One night during a thunderstorm, he was drawn to the lightning and entered the Speed Force…
…which sent him ricocheting through time to New York on July 14, 1891.
Quicksilver
Quicksilver was first sighted in New York City in 1940 when he began fighting on the side of law and order.
Magno
Tom Dalton gained amazing powers when he was electrocuted by 10,000 D.C. volts, then shocked back to life by an equal current of A.C. volts. He secretly fought crime as, “Magno.”
The Flash (vol. 2) #97
Jan. 1995 (Nov. 15, 1994)
$1.50
“The Other Side of the Light”
22 pages
Writer: Mark Waid
Penciller: Salvador Larocca
Inker: Jose Marzan, Jr.
Editor: Brian Michael Augustyn
National Comics #1
July 1940 (Apr. 3, 1940)
$0.10
(The Coming of Uncle Sam)
9 pages
Writer: Will Eisner
Penciller: David Berg
Inker: Will Eisner
Editor: Will Eisner
National Comics #5
Nov. 1940 (Sept. 6, 1940)
$0.10
(Presenting Quicksilver)
6 pages
Artist: Charles J. Mazoujian
Secret Origins (vol. 2) #19
Oct. 1987 (July 7, 1987)
$1.25
“The Coming of… Uncle Sam”
18 pages
Writer: Len Wein
Artistr: Murphy Anderson
Editor: Roy Thomas
Smash Comics #13
Aug. 1940 (June 19, 1940)
$0.10
(The Origin of Magno)
4 pages
Editor: Edward C. Cronin
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago July 15-18, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for an unprecedented third term. He was also the first president to appear on television to accept the nomination.
On August 20, 1940, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was fatally attacked by an agent of the NKVD (People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs) acting on orders from Joseph Stalin.
On September 7, 1940, Nazi Germany began “the Blitz,” an eight-month strategic bombing campaign against the United Kingdom.
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