Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) Kendrick Lamar may have been the star of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, but Samuel L.

The fatherly yet determined red, white and blue personification of the United States became a symbol of the nation on this day in history, Sept. 7, 1813, according to History.com and other sources.

After finding acclaim with Kingdom Come and DC Comics, artist Alex Ross turned his attention to a more obscure subject. Teaming with writer Steve Darnall, Ross spun a new tale featuring the classic ...