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* A patriot named Samuel, wrapped in a replica of the original U.S. flag, is killed while distracting a troop of Hessian soldiers working for the British crown from stopping a wagon train containing supplies for Gen. George Washington and his troops at Valley Forge, shortly before winter. The Spirit of America joins with Samuel to become **[[Uncle Sam (Earth-X)|Uncle Sam]]** (though this name is not known or popularized until the War of 1812), who helps guide America in the decades to come. ["The True Story of Uncle Sam," National Comics #5 (November, 1940); "The Coming of Uncle Sam," Secret Origins v2 #19 (October, 1987)] | * A patriot named Samuel, wrapped in a replica of the original U.S. flag, is killed while distracting a troop of Hessian soldiers working for the British crown from stopping a wagon train containing supplies for Gen. George Washington and his troops at Valley Forge, shortly before winter. The Spirit of America joins with Samuel to become **[[Uncle Sam (Earth-X)|Uncle Sam]]** (though this name is not known or popularized until the War of 1812), who helps guide America in the decades to come. ["The True Story of Uncle Sam," National Comics #5 (November, 1940); "The Coming of Uncle Sam," Secret Origins v2 #19 (October, 1987)] | ||
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* After a German spy ring steals plans for a poison gas and plan to make gas in every large city in the United States to strike at the same time across the country, the Clock captures the chemist Heizer before he can duplicate the gas. [The Clock Strikes, Feature Comics #31 (April, 1940)] | * After a German spy ring steals plans for a poison gas and plan to make gas in every large city in the United States to strike at the same time across the country, the Clock captures the chemist Heizer before he can duplicate the gas. [The Clock Strikes, Feature Comics #31 (April, 1940)] | ||
- | * [[Zero]], | + | * [[Stephen Zero|Zero]], ghost detective, |
* [[Bruce Blackburn|Capt. Bruce Blackburn]], | * [[Bruce Blackburn|Capt. Bruce Blackburn]], | ||
* [[Rusty Ryan]] of Boyville begins adventures with sidekicks Ed, Pierpont, Lee, and Alababa. [Feature Comics #32] | * [[Rusty Ryan]] of Boyville begins adventures with sidekicks Ed, Pierpont, Lee, and Alababa. [Feature Comics #32] | ||
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=== November, 1940 === | === November, 1940 === | ||
- | * November 29-30: Darrel Dane (Doll Man) celebrates Martha Roberts' | ||
- | * **[[USA, the Spirit of Old Glory]]**, a feminine spirit of America, has first public case; she came into being as Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag. [Feature Comics #42] | ||
* Zero, ghost detective, time-travels to thousands of years in the future and battles Loro, Mogur, and other Martians. //Note: These Martians of the far future are human and obviously descended from settlers from Earth.// [Feature Comics #42] | * Zero, ghost detective, time-travels to thousands of years in the future and battles Loro, Mogur, and other Martians. //Note: These Martians of the far future are human and obviously descended from settlers from Earth.// [Feature Comics #42] | ||
* Quicksilver stops the bombing of New York City by a group of Fifth Columnist bombers, then hitches a ride back to their Grand Canyon headquarters and destroys it. [Quicksilver the Laughing Robin Hood, National Comics #9 (March, 1941)] | * Quicksilver stops the bombing of New York City by a group of Fifth Columnist bombers, then hitches a ride back to their Grand Canyon headquarters and destroys it. [Quicksilver the Laughing Robin Hood, National Comics #9 (March, 1941)] | ||
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* November 25-26: When German U-boats begin escaping with stolen munitions from ships in American waters, the Red Bee discovers the men behind the scheme -- Mr. Hanson the owner of Hanson' | * November 25-26: When German U-boats begin escaping with stolen munitions from ships in American waters, the Red Bee discovers the men behind the scheme -- Mr. Hanson the owner of Hanson' | ||
* November 24: The Spider uncovers a plot by his old enemies the Crickets to steal the jewels of a German refugee named Baron Karl Von Ernst, whom they kill with a bomb. Preventing them from stealing the jewels, the Spider confronts the gang leader called the Big Cricket before his men can kill the Spider. The Spider then manages to trap the Crickets to Cobb's Mill, where the police arrive to arrest the whole gang except the leader, whom the Spider personally kills before he can shoot the police. [Alias the Spider, Crack Comics #11 (March, 1941); Alias the Spider, Crack Comics #12 (April, 1941)] | * November 24: The Spider uncovers a plot by his old enemies the Crickets to steal the jewels of a German refugee named Baron Karl Von Ernst, whom they kill with a bomb. Preventing them from stealing the jewels, the Spider confronts the gang leader called the Big Cricket before his men can kill the Spider. The Spider then manages to trap the Crickets to Cobb's Mill, where the police arrive to arrest the whole gang except the leader, whom the Spider personally kills before he can shoot the police. [Alias the Spider, Crack Comics #11 (March, 1941); Alias the Spider, Crack Comics #12 (April, 1941)] | ||
+ | * November 24-25: When a locket in an old cemetery in Philadelphia is opened, the spirit of the girl who died in 1777 is released and reborn as **[[Usa the Spirit of Old Glory]]** according to an old prophecy. Usa uses her mystical flag and the torch of liberty (or torch of freedom) against all evildoers, and is alerted to danger whenever her flag droops. In her first case, she stops a female teacher from indoctrinating American children with Nazi propaganda, and shows her the error of her ways by mystically flying her over Nazi Germany to witness the ruin and destruction of the nation and its leader, Adolf Hitler. She later rescues the teacher after Nazi spies seek to kill her for deserting their cause. The next day, Usa saves President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from a Nazi bomb threat as he visits a munitions plant, then saves the //S.S. Althea// from being destroyed by saboteurs, instead ensuring that the Axis mastermind behind all these plots, Otto Fluger, is killed by his own explosives. //Note: Usa is unable to act against anyone hiding behind the U.S. flag.// [" | ||
+ | * November 29-30: Darrel Dane (Doll Man) celebrates Martha Roberts' | ||
=== December, 1940 === | === December, 1940 === | ||
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* When Senator Tom Wright (Black Condor) attempts to push through a bill granting better conditions to miners, it is defeated thanks to the political machine of Jaspar Crow, who has set himself up in an exploitative mining operation in Pennsylvania. After Crow frames the murder of a foremen on the miners, turning the sympathy against them in the hopes of quelling a possible strike, the Black Condor prevents further bloodshed but fails to capture Crow himself. The mining bill passes after a second vote. //Note: After this story, the Black Condor is switched over to Earth-2.// [The Black Condor, Crack Comics #12 (April, 1941)] | * When Senator Tom Wright (Black Condor) attempts to push through a bill granting better conditions to miners, it is defeated thanks to the political machine of Jaspar Crow, who has set himself up in an exploitative mining operation in Pennsylvania. After Crow frames the murder of a foremen on the miners, turning the sympathy against them in the hopes of quelling a possible strike, the Black Condor prevents further bloodshed but fails to capture Crow himself. The mining bill passes after a second vote. //Note: After this story, the Black Condor is switched over to Earth-2.// [The Black Condor, Crack Comics #12 (April, 1941)] | ||
* Neon the Unknown stops a plot in South America by Nazi fifth columnists who try to use natives to cause disruption and sabotage throughout South American cities. [Neon the Unknown, Hit Comics #10 (April, 1941)] | * Neon the Unknown stops a plot in South America by Nazi fifth columnists who try to use natives to cause disruption and sabotage throughout South American cities. [Neon the Unknown, Hit Comics #10 (April, 1941)] | ||
- | * Happy Terrill saves the life of a freckled, dark-haired eight-year-old boy named [[Jack Budworth|Jackie " | + | * Happy Terrill saves the life of a freckled, dark-haired eight-year-old boy named [[Jack Budworth|Jackie " |
* December 12: Midnight meets [[Gabby (Earth-X)|Gabby]], | * December 12: Midnight meets [[Gabby (Earth-X)|Gabby]], | ||
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* Wings Wendall dons a new costume. [Smash Comics #24] | * Wings Wendall dons a new costume. [Smash Comics #24] | ||
* **The Scarlet Seal' | * **The Scarlet Seal' | ||
- | * USA the Spirit of Old Glory stops the Advance Front, an army of Nazi American fifth columnists, from marching on Washington, D.C. [USA, the Spirit of Old Glory, Feature Comics #46 (July, 1941)] | + | * Usa the Spirit of Old Glory foils a plan by Nazi German General Von Roth to attack |
- | * USA the Spirit of Old Glory assists the FBI to capture a gang of Nazi saboteurs. //Note: The FBI man called the chief is most likely Tim Healy, whose Earth-2 counterpart later employs Joan Dale, alias Miss America.// [USA, the Spirit of Old Glory, Feature Comics #47 (August, 1941)] | + | * Usa the Spirit of Old Glory assists the FBI to capture a gang of Nazi saboteurs. By this time Usa has taken a job at a large munitions factory, working with several other young women in the shell department. //Note: The FBI man called the chief is most likely Tim Healy, whose Earth-2 counterpart later employs Joan Dale, alias Miss America.// [Usa, the Spirit of Old Glory, Feature Comics #47 (August, 1941)] |
* Merlin the Magician personally presents a huge diamond called the All-Seeing Eye to Prime Minister Winston Churchill for England' | * Merlin the Magician personally presents a huge diamond called the All-Seeing Eye to Prime Minister Winston Churchill for England' | ||
* **Wizard Wells' | * **Wizard Wells' | ||
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* Test pilot [[Tex " | * Test pilot [[Tex " | ||
- | * Neon the Unknown finds mines placed in New York Harbor that destroy war supplies heading to England. He soon discovers and destroys an underwater Nazi base with an arsenal large enough to invade the United States. [Neon the Unknown, Hit Comics #14 (August, 1941)] | + | * Neon the Unknown finds mines placed in New York Harbor that destroy war supplies heading to England. He soon discovers and destroys an underwater Nazi base with an arsenal large enough to invade the United States. |
* An epidemic of blindness plagues factories with defense contracts all over America, and the FBI discovers that all or most of the men hired to replace them are members of the Black Legion, the fifth columnist organization. Uncle Sam also discovers that military personnel are also going blind. Uncle Sam meets with President Roosevelt and the Congress to come up with a plan to fight the Black Legion. Uncle Sam and Buddy Smith find the Pacific Island base used by the Black Legion and discover their plans to make not only all of America' | * An epidemic of blindness plagues factories with defense contracts all over America, and the FBI discovers that all or most of the men hired to replace them are members of the Black Legion, the fifth columnist organization. Uncle Sam also discovers that military personnel are also going blind. Uncle Sam meets with President Roosevelt and the Congress to come up with a plan to fight the Black Legion. Uncle Sam and Buddy Smith find the Pacific Island base used by the Black Legion and discover their plans to make not only all of America' | ||
* Paul Bunyan leaves the North Woods and begins traveling throughout the Western United States, briefly getting a job as a cowhand at a ranch in the Colorado foothills before moving on to other adventures. [Paul Bunyan, National Comics #14 (August, 1941)] | * Paul Bunyan leaves the North Woods and begins traveling throughout the Western United States, briefly getting a job as a cowhand at a ranch in the Colorado foothills before moving on to other adventures. [Paul Bunyan, National Comics #14 (August, 1941)] | ||
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