Will they ever mend their evil ways?
Like the Purple Shirts before them, the Black Legion exists mainly to represent the Forces of Unamericanism that Uncle Sam stands against, as they seek to win the hearts and minds of in this case the small Midwest community of Glen Valley (by shooting anyone who resists). The only real bit of innovation that they bring to the table are these rad machine gun motorcycles they go into battle on.
They also have a nose cutout on their masks, which indicates that they prioritize comfort over style. (National Comics 005, 1940)
The unnamed group that Uncle Sam fights in the next issue has a similar uniform in warm brown tones, and makes the interesting choice to wear it even while operating their submersible aircraft carrier base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. That's some real dedication to secrecy. (National Comics 006, 1940)
The European-American Band, yet another take on the German-American Bund, is deceived and then dismantled in fairly short order by vacationing cartoonist-detective Pen Miller. (National Comics 006, 1940)
No comic book analog of the German-American Bund is particularly kind in its depiction but the Moronia Bund might just be the most insulting. I'm not sure why all the Moronian Americans are bald - it doesn't seem to be a requirement for entry as Perry "the Press Guardian" Chase is able to join up as a junior member to spy on them despite his luscious black locks. (Pep Comics 002, 1940)
(surprisingly, the Moronia Bund - under the slightly more sleek name "the Moroniabund" manages to scrape up another bunch of bald fascists to make a second appearance in Pep Comics 003, but gets its ass just as thoroughly kicked by the Press Guardian as the first time)
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