National Comics #1
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Key factsKey issue
- 1st appearance of Buddy (Uncle Sam)
- 1st appearance of Babe (Paul Bunyan)
- 1st appearance of Captain Prop Powers
- 1st appearance of Cyclone
- 1st appearance of Danny \"Kid\" Dixon
- 1st appearance of George Washington Abraham Lincoln \"Sunshine\" Jones
- 1st appearance of Merlin the Magician (Jock Kellog)
- 1st appearance of Officer Pat Malone
- 1st appearances of 7 more characters
Market value
- Graded copies for sale
- $450 - $10,980
- 20 graded copies for sale, Updated 29 Sep 2026
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CGC Census
Andel Cobra tries to organize American dust bowl refugees into his own version of Hitler's Brown Shirts, called the Purple Shirts. The Purple Shirts manage to kidnap President Roosevelt, and later Uncle Sam. But Sam's rhetoric stirred some of the recruits, inciting them to rebel against the Purple Shirts. Unfortunately, these \"terrorists\" killed the father of young Buddy Smith, whom Uncle Sam adopted as his sidekick.
Cover date
July 1, 1940
On sale date
April 14, 1940
Pages
68
Cover price
$0.10
Editor
Will Eisner
Credits
Writer
Penciller
Characters
Babe (1st appearance); Buddy (1st appearance); Captain Prop Powers (1st appearance); Cyclone (1st appearance); Danny \"Kid\" Dixon (1st appearance); George Washington Abraham Lincoln \"Sunshine\" Jones (1st appearance); Jock Kellog (1st appearance); Merlin the Magician (1st appearance); Officer Pat Malone (1st appearance); Paul Bunyan (1st appearance); Pen Miller (1st appearance); Porky (1st appearance); Sally O'Neil (1st appearance); Spunky (1st appearance); Suzy (1st appearance); Teddy (1st appearance); Uncle Sam (1st appearance); Wonder Boy (1st appearance); Andel Cobra (villain, introduction); Big Jim Saponi (first appearance, villain); Bottle Topps [B. Galsworthy] (first appearance); Ezra Smith (introduction, death); Gatch Gozan (villain, introduction); Grigor (first appearance, villain); Hunger (villain, introduction); Jimmy Jones (first appearance); Jock's unnamed uncle (introduction, death); Joy Daye (first appearance); June Dawn (first appearance); King Murdo of Mars (villain, Mar's champion, introduction); Mars (villain, introduction, god of war); Marvo the Muscle Man (first appearance); Mike O'Neil (Sally's brother); Mrs. O'Neil (Sally's mother); Niki (first appearance); Pat O'Neil (Sally's brother); Peace (introduction); Poverty (villain, introduction); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Professor Nebula (scientist); Scar (villain, introduction); Sgt. O'Neil (Sally's father); Smilin' Joe Dukes (first appearance, villain, death); Snyle (villain, introduction); S. S. Kreesus (first appearance); The Mongolians (first appearance, villains); the Purple Shirts (villains, introduction for all); Tom O'Neil (Sally's brother); Windy Breeze (first appearance)