Was Uncle Sam a real person? Uncle Sam was based on a real person—at least, according to the government-sanctioned version of the symbol’s history. His name was Sam Wilson (yes, like The ...

Elvis Presley, who rocketed to stardom only the year before, received a Christmas card from Uncle Sam when he was drafted ... He filed for his draft card on Jan. 19, 1953, 11 days after his ...

When Darnall and Ross’s Uncle Sam was released, I was seventeen years old, a hungry comics obsessive who spent most days after school at the local comic book store in Highland, Indiana.