▁southern ▁Poland . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : V ill ages ▁in ▁Pro sz ow ice ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁Uncle ▁Sam ▁is ▁a ▁fict ional ▁character ▁appearing ▁in ▁American ▁com ic ▁books ▁published ▁by ▁DC ▁Comics . ▁Based ▁on ▁the ▁national ▁person ification ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Uncle ▁Sam , ▁the ▁character ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁National ▁Comics ▁# 1 ▁( J uly , ▁ 1 9 4 0 ) ▁and ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁Will ▁E is ner . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁history ▁ ▁Qu ality ▁Comics ▁ ▁Uncle ▁Sam ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁National ▁Comics ▁# 1 ▁( J uly , ▁ 1 9 4 0 ), ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Qu ality ▁Comics ▁during ▁the ▁Golden ▁Age ▁of ▁Com ic ▁Books . ▁He ▁was ▁dep icted ▁as ▁a ▁myst ical ▁being ▁who ▁was ▁originally ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁a ▁s lain ▁patri otic ▁soldier ▁from ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War , ▁and ▁who ▁now ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁whenever ▁his ▁country ▁needs ▁him . ▁The ▁character ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁briefly ▁receiving ▁its ▁own ▁series , ▁Uncle ▁Sam ▁Qu arter ly . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁young , ▁non - cost umed ▁side k ick ▁named ▁Bud dy ▁Smith . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Jess ▁Nev ins ' ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Golden ▁Age ▁Super h ero es , ▁" He ▁f ights ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁A xis ▁agents , ▁human ▁and ▁super - human , ▁from ▁the