Comic Title: Secret Origins #19
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1987
On Sale Date: July 7, 1987 Newsstand Date July 7, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Newsstand Date July 7, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #120

Shipping Date June 16, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 16, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #120

Shipping Date June 16, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Copyright Date June 16, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: "The Coming of... Uncle Sam"
Pages: 18

Feature(s):
Uncle Sam (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Murphy Anderson
Letterer: Milton Snapinn
Colorist: Shelly Eiber

Feature Character(s)

• Uncle Sam (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #26)

Villain(s)

• The Black Legion (Scar and Snyle named; no further appearances)
• Several British soliders (in flashback; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Buddy Smith (a young boy; no further appearances)
• Ezra Smith (Buddy's grandfather; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• The people of Glen Valley (no further appearances)
• General George Washington and several Revolutionary War soldiers (in flashback; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Adolf Hitler (in flashback)

Comments:
This story is an adaptation of stories from National Comics #1, National Comics #5, and Uncle Sam #1 and retells the origin of Uncle Sam.

Synopsis:
During America's fight for independence, a soldier named Samuel sacrifices his own life to lead the British away from a critical supply caravan. As he dies, Samuel sees a man who is his double dressed in a red, white, and blue outfit. The strangely garbed man introduces himself as the Spirit of America. He bonds with Samuel and becomes Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam, aids America in the Revolutionary War and other conflicts over the years. When the Nazis come to power in the early 20th century, Uncle Sam rises again. This time he bonds with another Samuel, a storekeeper from Glen Valley. Then, aided by young Buddy Smith, Uncle Sam defends Glen Valley against the Black Legion.