The Flag (Ace Comics)
The Flag is a comic book superhero, first seen in Our Flag #2 (October 1941) (
Fall 1941 was a boom period for patriotic superheroes as the country prepared to enter
Publication history
Lou Mougin writes that for the Flag's first issue in Our Flag #2, "Jim Mooney drew him on the cover, winging his way past busted Nazi planes, tanks, and Nazis. Behind him, he left a red-white-and-blue trail with stars. Can't be much more patriotically inclined than that".[5] Mougin described the debut of the Flag as "a good origin, a good costume, good powers, a good weakness, and so-so art for the first story", and said that the further stories, drawn by Harry Anderson, were an improvement.[5]
Character biography
Disabled war veteran and flag-maker John Courtney ("Old Glory") finds a baby boy with a birthmark that resembles an
On Jim's 21st birthday, he has a vision of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, telling him that "his life was selected by us to perform hard and dangerous tasks". He has the gift of super speed and the strength of 100 men, and he can't be hurt by any weapons. He can activate these powers by touching his birthmark. Jim takes on the alias "the Flag" and uses his powers to help others.[4]
According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "Jim uses these powers to fight enemies of America, whether domestic (crooked businessmen who seek to control the country) or foreign (Germans and Japanese)".[6]
References
- ^ "Our Flag Comics". October 1941. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ISBN 0-87833-808-X. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-1605490892.
- ^ ISBN 0-87833-808-X. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9781476638607.
- ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
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