Alex Ross and Steve Darnall’s Uncle Sam returns after more than a decade with new cover by Ross!

Abrams ComicArts has announced and revealed the cover of the August 6, 2024, publication of Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition by writer Steve Darnall and legendary international bestselling illustrator Alex Ross. The book features a striking new cover and afterword by Ross and a new afterword and an expanded illustrated essay on the history and iconography of Uncle Sam by Darnall. Out of print for more than a decade, the long-awaited reissue is a celebratory look inside the two-part comic book first published by DC’s Vertigo imprint in 1997.

Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition is a vibrant, hallucinatory tour of modern America—the story of a star-spangled, ragged vagrant named Sam who is guided by the voices in his head and his own fractured memories. Absorbed by history-traveling visions of America’s dark past, Uncle Sam struggles to remember his true identity and piece together the scattered clues of his own experiences in this deep and thoughtful look at America’s checkered past. Scripted by Steve Darnall and fully painted by Alex Ross, Uncle Sam returns in print just when it is needed most—in time for the 2024 presidential election—as a reminder of American ideals, the promise of our nation, and the democracy that is at stake.