▁Jonathan ▁in ▁later ▁conflicts ▁and , ▁during ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War , ▁had ▁been ▁split ▁in ▁two ▁as ▁Johnny ▁Reb ▁and ▁Billy ▁Y ank . ▁ ▁The ▁Spirit ▁first ▁assumed ▁its ▁now - famil iar ▁Uncle ▁Sam ▁inc arn ation ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁when ▁it ▁res ur rect ed ▁a ▁political ▁cart oon ist ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁killed ▁by ▁B oss ▁Twe ed . ▁The ▁second ▁host ▁of ▁Uncle ▁Sam ▁fought ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁I . ▁A ▁third ▁( the ▁character ' s ▁Golden ▁Age ▁inc arn ation ) ▁was ▁a ▁super h ero ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁but ▁van ished ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁er asing ▁any ▁subsequent ▁appearances ▁from ▁the ▁fict ional ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁DC ▁Un iverse ▁( although ▁most ▁of ▁them ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁er ased ▁by ▁the ▁Cris is ▁on ▁In finite ▁Earth s .) ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁Spect re , ▁the ▁Spirit ▁is ▁res ur rect ed ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁cost umed ▁form ▁called ▁the ▁Patri ot , ▁but ▁later ▁rever ts ▁to ▁Uncle ▁Sam ▁in ▁a ▁Super man ▁issue . ▁ ▁A ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁Vert igo ▁series ▁features ▁the ▁character ▁with ▁the ▁persona ▁of ▁a ▁street ▁person . ▁A ▁similar ▁notion ▁was ▁suggested ▁by ▁Alan ▁Moore ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁c ros so ver ▁proposal ▁Tw il ight ▁of ▁the ▁Super h ero es ; ▁this ▁interpretation ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁sat ir ical ▁novel ▁The ▁Public ▁Burn ing ▁by ▁Robert ▁Co