Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam is a DC character who is officially described as the embodiment of the American Dream, his power dependent on the country's belief in liberty and freedom: he has often been depicted as a superhero of sorts in DC, defending his land from threats and is the leader of the Freedom Force.
In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, he is voiced by the late Peter Renaday.
He is based on the real-life Uncle Sam, Sam Willson, a man who gave and collected donations for the army and was later immortalized as a cartoon character on enlistment posters and today is commonly used as a symbol for America in art and media.
==Origin==
During the American Revolutionary War, an American patriot was killed by Hessian mercenaries while successfully defending a supply wagon train bound for General George Washington's troop encampment at Valley Forge. However, this patriot's spirit remains on Earth and will reappear whenever America needs him most (a la King Arthur).
== Story ==
=== Crisis on Infinite Earths ===
Uncle Sam helped lead the Justice League of America and the Titans against the Anti-Monitor. When the Multiverse was destroyed, Uncle Sam and his history was erased.
=== Infinite Crisis ===
During this Crisis, the Society defeated the Freedom Fighters. Uncle Sam was personally defeated by Black Adam. However, the American spirit was able to bring Uncle Sam back, and he would later reform a new version of the Freedom Fighters: Firebrand, Doll Man, the Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, and the Red Bee. The led the fight against Father Time and the agents of S.H.A.D.E.
=== Blackest Night ===
Uncle Sam joined forces with other heroes in the battle against the Black Lanterns, which included dead former members of the Freedom Fighters.
==Powers and abilities==
Uncle Sam has demonstrated various powers, including super strength, invulnerability, the ability to alter his size, enhanced speed, and some degree of clairvoyance. He is also shown to be able to transport himself and others to a pocket dimension called The Heartland; he does this to Doll Man in issue #2 of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters. The Pre-Crisis version of Uncle Sam could at one point travel to parallel universes, as he did with the Freedom Fighters to travel to Earth-X from Earth-Two, however in Freedom Fighters #1, Uncle Sam and the other Freedom Fighters require the help of a scientist's machine to travel to Earth-One. His powers are said to be in direct proportion of the belief people have in the idea of the United States as The City Upon a Hill. In Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters, Father Time states that tests indicate Sam is not a human, meta-, or magical being, and the question of what he is can be considered inconclusive. In issue #3 of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters, he states that he does not have the ability to fly.
==Gallery==
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