One Panel #872: See Ya Later, Sargon!

From Sargon: "Crime Keeps a Filing System!" by John B. Wentworth and Howard Purcell, All-American Comics #50 (June 1943)

Sargon the Sorcerer is ousted from All-American as of this issue, his home since his creation for issue #26. He goes over to Comic Cavalcade for four issues, then to Sensation Comics (#34-36, 52-83) until late 1948 at which point he is finally put to pasture. Maybe he wasn't "American" enough.

The other All-American stars, at this point, are: Green Lantern, the Atom, Doctor Mid-Nite, Hop Harrigan, Scribbly, and Red, White and Blue. Judge their American-ness yourself.

Comments

Dick McGee said…
Properly American or not, Sargon is at least well-regarded by inanimate objects - going by the presumably non-ironic "chum" there.

I always get a kick out of anything loudly branding itself "American" and then completely ignoring an entire continent on top of the other nations sharing North America with the US. Where are my Canadian, Mexican, and Central and South American heroes? You can skip the various Caribbean islands, there's already way too much nasty voodoo stereotyping going on without adding more.