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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)]
 +  * In Philadelphia, a young girl watches patiently as the first American flag is sewn, and is given a reward of a few threads of the flag in a locket. After she runs out into the rain to show it to Uncle Sam, she becomes seriously ill and dies with the locket in her hands, and is prophesied to awake in many years to come as Usa, the Spirit of Old Glory to watch and defend America. ["Introducing Usa, the Spirit of Old Glory," Feature Comics #42 (March, 1941)]
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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]], the ghost detective, begins adventures. [Feature Comics #32]+  * [[Stephen Zero|Zero]], ghost detective, has his first known case as he takes on only supernatural-based threats and mysteries. Zero originally has an office on the thirteenth floor of the Chrysler Building in Manhattan, and has an unnamed female assistant/secretary, but soon begins operating exclusively out of a house. Zero sometimes uses a mirror with an X-cross marked on it against spirits. Zero employs a machine called the Super Q-Ray to detect and make visible ghosts and spirits. [Zero, Ghost Detective, Feature Comics #32 (May, 1940)]
   * [[Bruce Blackburn|Capt. Bruce Blackburn]], counterspy, begins adventures. [Feature Comics #32]   * [[Bruce Blackburn|Capt. Bruce Blackburn]], counterspy, begins adventures. [Feature Comics #32]
   * [[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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