Earlier than Eagly, Yank the Eagle in Blue Ribbon Comics #16, at Public sale

A patriotic superhero with a bizarre helmet and an clever eagle sidekick? That appears like Peacemaker and Eagly in fact, however earlier than that, MLJ’s Captain Flag and his wonderful eagle sidekick named Yank additionally match that description. Captain Flag and Yank made their first look in Blue Ribbon Comics #16, cover-dated September 1941, in a narrative written by Joe Blair and drawn by Lin Streeter. An obscure, uncommon, and engaging superhero saga from the WWII period, there is a Blue Ribbon Comics #16 (MLJ, 1941) Situation: FR/GD and a number of other different problems with Blue Ribbon Comics that includes Captain Flag up for public sale within the 2022 Might 22-23 Sunday & Monday Comedian Books Choose Public sale #122221 at Heritage Auctions.

Eagly was created for the Peacemaker HBO Max sequence by James Gunn, and earlier than his look in that sequence, there was no comparable character in Peacemaker comedian ebook historical past (Eagly has subsequently appeared in comics in Unusual Love Adventures #1). Gunn revealed on Twitter that the connection between Peacemaker and Eagly was impressed by the story of Jeff Guidry and his eagle named Freedom.  Eagly has shortly turn out to be a fan favourite.

The creation of Captain Flag and Yank was impressed by the occasions of the early WWII period. Writer MLJ by that point already had a significant patriotic hero with the Protect, who debuted in Pep Comics #1 cover-dated January 1940. They added Captain Flag and Yank to their lineup about six months after rival Marvel/Well timed launched Captain America. It is little shock that such a symbolic character as an eagle named Yank was used within the context of the warfare period contemplating what was underway within the superhero comics of the interval. In truth, Yank figures closely in Captain Flag’s origin story — saving him from sure dying by the hands of America’s enemies throughout his transformative second.

Captain Flag solely appeared in Blue Ribbon Comics #16-22 throughout the Golden Age, and Yank the Eagle was with him throughout a number of of these adventures.  An obscure WWII period superhero saga that’s deserving of extra consideration, there is a Blue Ribbon Comics #16 (MLJ, 1941) Situation: FR/GD and a number of other different problems with Blue Ribbon Comics that includes Captain Flag up for public sale within the 2022 Might 22-23 Sunday & Monday Comedian Books Choose Public sale #122221 at Heritage Auctions.