Friday Fun HENRY BREWSTER "Movie Madness"

"Teen Humor" Used to Be a Lot More Than Just Archie Comics...

...as this never-reprinted tale from  MF Comics' Henry #4 (1966) attests!

Golden/Silver Age icon Bob Powell was going for a far different look in this, his final ongoing comic book series, than we were used to seeing...

...while at the same time, deliberately avoiding the Dan DeCarlo Archie Comics "house style" almost everybody else was using for their "teen humor" books!

Sadly, the Henry Brewster series only lasted seven, never-reprinted, issues, which were entirely packaged (scripts and art) by Bob Powell and his studio!
This particular tale is from MF Comics' Henry #4 (1966).
Note: After MF Comics folded, Powell became Art Director at Prize's Sick magazine until he passed away in 1967.

Friday Fun HENRY "It Surfs You Right!"

Summertime, when comic book teens do...

...well, what comic book teens have done since the Golden Age of Comics!

You'll note that it's done in a deliberately non-Dan DeCarlo/Archie Comics art style by Bob Powell, though the characters themselves (including red-headed lead character Henry) are obviously variations of the Riverdale crew!

This never-reprinted tale from MF Comics' Henry #5 (1966) was part of the the longest-running title (seven issues) from the short-lived Silver Age publisher who only published three series before folding after a year and a half!
It was also Golden/Silver Age writer/artist Powell's final comic book work before passing from this mortal coil in 1967.

Before Mister Machine...There Was Captain Marvel (II)!

A decade before Machine Man/Mister Machine appeared on the scene...

...to fight the good fight (even when he went all to pieces)...

...another artificial man with a propensity for disassembling himself while fighting evil had an all-too brief run in the world of comics...

...and this guy had a couple of less-than-obvious connections to Marvel Comics!

Want to learn more?

Click HERE to read his origin and find out some kool background info about him!

And click HERE to see him in combat against someone who looks a lot like a certain Caped Crusader!