Mr. Muscles
#22
(March 1956)
Charlton,
1956 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (editor)
[World's Most Perfect Man]
Mr. Muscles / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Muscles
- Synopsis
- Mr. Muscles receives the "World's Most Perfect Man" award from girl in bathing suit.
Indexer Notes
Whitman credit per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Dick Giordano on pencils.
Man vs. Beast!
Mr. Muscles / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Muscles [Brett Carson] (introduction, origin); Kid Muscles (introduction); unnamed zoo caretaker (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Muscles and Kid Muscles respond to a frantic phone call for help from the zoo, unaware that a trap has been set for them by the caretaker who is envious of Brett's physique and physical conditioning. Then Brett tells the story of himself as a lad being diagnosed with polio and told he would never walk again. But he did and tells the caretaker that he learned a very important lesson from his experience with polio: never accept discouragement and never lose faith. In the end, Brett trains the caretaker who develops a great physique.
- Keywords
- City Park Zoo
Helpless as a Hurricane
Miss Muscles / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Miss Muscles (introduction)
The Frame-Up
Mr. Muscles / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Muscles; Kid Muscles
- Synopsis
- Mr. Muscles wrestles the villainous Jake Armbuster.
The Kid Muscles In
Kid Muscles / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kid Muscles; unnamed boy (introduction); a bully (villain)
- Synopsis
- Kid Muscles intervenes when he sees a man picking on small kids and teaches him a lesson in a most unusual way.
- Keywords
- Clarkin's Trucking
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[World's Most Perfect Man]
Mr. Muscles -
1.
Mr. Muscles
Mr. Muscles -
2.
Man vs. Beast!
Mr. Muscles -
3.
The Muscular Voice
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4.
Helpless as a Hurricane
Miss Muscles -
5.
The Frame-Up
Mr. Muscles -
6.
The Kid Muscles In
Kid Muscles
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Douglas Sederberg
- Craig Delich
- Ramon Schenk
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