Young Allies (Marvel Comics) Young Allies (Marvel Comics) Young Allies is the name of three fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Golden Age's Young Allies were a gang of kids who fought the Axis. Their line-up included the two key sidekicks of then-prominent Timely Comics heroes. Created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon as the Sentinels of Liberty, "a multiracial group of patriotic kids," the group was led by Bucky Barnes (Captain America's teenage sidekick), and initially made up of his four friends: Knuckles (Percival Aloysius O'Toole), Jeff (Jefferson Worthing Sandervilt), Tubby (Henry Tinkle), and Whitewash Jones.
Marvel UK Panini Comics obtained the license to print Marvel material in 1995 and took over the UK office's remaining titles. Reprints of American Marvel material had been published in the UK during the 1960s by Odhams Press under their Power Comics imprint. Titles such as "Smash!" and "Fantastic" featured a mix of Marvel reprint material and original non-Marvel work. This lasted till 1969 when the last superhero strip was removed from "Smash!", leaving no Marvel titles being reprinted in the UK at all. In 1972, seeing a gap in the popular weekly comics market of the UK, Marvel Comics formed their