CREATOR

Name: DC (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1934 by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1968) as National Allied Publications, but the name changed in 1937 to Detective Comics (later shortened to DC). Stopped in 2011.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under DC in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's logo changed several times over the years. The selected one ran from 1976 to 2005.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1976*. Stopped in 1978 after 15 issues, but has been revived 4 times since then under the title Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters.

The title characters are a large group of lesser known superheroes led by one of the founding members, Uncle Sam. They attempt to rid the world of villains, a job where they are sometimes aided by other, more well known, superheroes.

* Some of the participating superheroes have a past reaching back to 1941 where they fought the Axis powers during World War 2.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Uncle Sam

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1976
#5 - 1976
#7 - 1977

#9 - 1977
#11 - 1977
#14 - 1978

 

 

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