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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published Autumn 1941
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin
Notes Original cover pencil credit given to Lou Fine. Original cover inker credit given to Will Eisner. Per Greg Theakston, pencil work done probably by Dan Zolnerowich, with an unknown inker (June 6, 2006).

Cover Details

Characters Uncle Sam; Buddy
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich?
Notes Original cover pencil credit given to Lou Fine. Original cover inker credit given to Will Eisner. Per Greg Theakston, pencil work done probably by Dan Zolnerowich, with an unknown inker (June 6, 2006).

14 page Uncle Sam story "Forged Faces"

Characters Uncle Sam; Buddy; Senator Northrup Bristol (villain, introduction); Curwen (introduction); Franklin Delano Roosevelt (face unseen, guest appearance); Senator Mason (introduction, guest appearance)
Genre Superhero
Script Will Eisner?
Pencils Will Eisner (pg 1 splash page); Dan Zolnerowich (pgs 2-14)
Inks Lou Fine (pg 1 splash page); ? (pgs 2-14)

14 page Uncle Sam story "The King of Crime"

Characters Uncle Sam; Buddy; King Killer (villain, introduction); Dr. Link (introduction, death); Dr. Blink (introduction, death)
Synopsis Dan Zolnerowich was originally credited as doing the pencils for pages 2-14. Per Greg Theakston, Dan Zolnerowich did not do this work (June 6, 2006).
Genre Superhero
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner (pg 1 splash page); ? (pgs 2-14)
Inks Lou Fine (pg 1 splash page); ? (pgs 2-14)

6 page Uncle Sam story "Uncle Sam a Fake"

Characters Uncle Sam; Buddy
Genre Superhero
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Lou Fine (pg 1 splash page); ? (map)
Letters ?; Typeset (2 pgs)
Notes 2 pgs. text, 2 pg. map of Everytown (Sam's city)

10 page Uncle Sam story "The Man Who Sold His Country"

Characters Uncle Sam; Buddy; Horatio Brown (villain, introduction, death); the Devil
Genre Superhero
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner (pg 1 splash page); Dan Zolnerowich (pgs 2-10)
Inks Lou Fine (pg 1 splash page); ? (pgs 2-10)

4 page Uncle Sam story "The Mad Poet, or, Uncle Sam Battles Inky Pinky Omblagoo Folder Dobble Bottlepoo"

Characters Uncle Sam; Buddy; The Mad Poet (villain, introduction, death); Franklin Delano Roosevelt (guest appearance)
Genre Superhero
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Dave Berg
Inks Dave Berg
Notes Story all told in verse

16 page Uncle Sam story "The Steel Helmets"

Characters Uncle Sam; Buddy; Northrup Bristol (villain, death); the Steel Helmets (villain)
Genre Superhero
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner (pg 1 splash page); Dan Zolnerowich (pgs 2-16)
Inks Lou Fine (pg 1 splash page); ? (pgs 2-16)
Notes Introduction: The Uncle Sam Club.