Secret Origins #19 [Direct]

(November 1987)

The Coming of Uncle Sam (Table of Contents)

Uncle Sam / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

Shelley Eiber

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Job Number:

G-3246

Content Information

Genre:

war; occult

Characters:

Uncle Sam (origin); General Robert E. Lee (cameo); General Ulysses S. Grant (cameo); Adolph Hitler (cameo); Ezra Smith; Buddy Smith; Black Legion [Scar; Snyle];

Synopsis:

Uncle Sam helps Buddy Smith get the men who killed his grandfather and then the two show the small town of Glen Valley they can stand up to the Black Legion.

Keywords:

American Revolutionary War; Civil War; Spanish-American War; War of 1812; World War I

Indexer Notes

Based on the stories in National 1 & 5, and US #1.

The Secret Origin of Guardian and the Newsboy Legion (Table of Contents)

Guardian; The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

Arvell Jones

Inks:

Greg Theakston

Colors:

Julianna Ferritier

Letters:

Art Simek; Helen Vesik

Job Number:

I-163

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Guardian [Jim Harper] (origin); The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper] (origin); Justice Society of America [Wildcat; Atom; Green Lantern] (cameo); Leo; Nat Milligan; Frankie the Fence; Chips Carder

Synopsis:

Jim Harper becomes the Guardian to capture some crooks. Later, in his civilian identity, he agrees to vouch for four wayward youths, keeping them from juvenile detention. These youths become the Newsboy Legion.

Indexer Notes

Based on the story in Star Spangled #7 and All Star Squadron Annual #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Secret Admirers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

L-2851

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Fred Filler, T. E. Pouncey, Chase McDonald and one unsigned letter.