During my ongoing survey of the legendary JLA & JSA team-ups, I've come across some pretty spectacular fight scenes.
With all of that multiple-earth mayhem to chose from, the scene that just seemed right for the All-American Labor Day Weekend featured the personification of America itself: Uncle Sam!
Taken from Justice League of America #108 (1973), the JLA & JSA are helping Uncle Sam and his Freedom Fighters liberate Earth-X from Nazi rule. Breaking into smaller squads, the heroes track down and destroy Nazi mind-control machines hidden in various locations across the planet. In this chapter, Uncle Sam, Black Condor, Sandman and the Elongated Man arrive at a twisted version of Mount Rushmore, which includes a bust of the hated Adolph Hitler!
After making short work of the Nazi guards, Elongated Man deduces that the mind-control machinery is actually located within the Hitler bust itself...which was magic to Uncle Sam's ears (and fists).
After a quick assist from E.M., it's Uncle Sam with the windup... AND THE PITCH!...completely obliterating the granite visage of Herr Schickelgruber and the hidden mind-control device.
GOD BLESS AMERICA...AND BAHLACTUS!
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People have given me crap for liking Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters, but I think it's just because they haven't seen enough panels of Sam beating up mountains. I also suspect they're no-good commies.
Posted by: Maxo | August 31, 2007 at 10:46 PM
"I also suspect they're no-good commies."
Of course they are! Who could possibly have a problem with a folksy-talking, suspenders-snapping bumpkin shattering mountains with only his bare fists and courage?
If that's not America, then I've got a hot buttered croissant shaped like the U.N. logo for you.
Posted by: Mark Engblom | August 31, 2007 at 11:53 PM
For me, one of the cringe-inducing parts of the last Crisis was the rout of the Freedom Fighters. Thanks for giving Uncle Sam his due!
Posted by: Greg Walter | September 01, 2007 at 09:57 PM
Yeah, as the kids say, they were p*wned. They essentially played the same role as the Crime Syndicate did in the original Crisis...namely the role of the semi-prominent sacrificial lamb killed off early on to prove DC wasn't fooling around and that the stakes were truly high.
Glad you enjoyed seeing Uncle Sam back in highly-symbollic fighting form.
Posted by: Mark Engblom | September 02, 2007 at 12:18 AM