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| That issue of Brain Boy was a distinct surprise: much more violent and mature than I expected! |
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| I laughed when Brainboy entered the "secret headquarters" for the first time, by opening the door with his mind, and then flying up the stairs. And who in their right mind would like being called Brainboy? Overall a good read. |
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| Brain Boy,excellent comic book for its time. Also fairly interesting Gil Kane artwork. |
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| There's no Comics Code Authority seal on the cover, and the content clearly violates the code (Brain Boy forcing a would-be assassin to blow his own brains out!). I had no idea Dell published non-Code comics! Was this in a larger "magazine" format? Why did this get distributed while no distributor would touch Kane's "His Name Is...Savage!" Was it a matter of degree? (Admittedly, Savage was a lot more, well, *savage*.) Now I'm interested in what other non-code comics Dell may have put out at this time. |
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| "Some day I will grow up and earn the right to be called Brain MAN." |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April-June 1962 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Brain Boy has a resemblance to actor Robert Vaughn. |
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| Featuring | Brain Boy |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Brain Boy [Matt Price] |
| Notes | Brain Boy has a resemblance to actor Robert Vaughn. |
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| Comic Story | Dictionary of "Psychic Words" (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Examples of ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance, hypnotism, and precognition. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations with text beneath. |
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| Comic Story | Brain Boy (32 pages) |
| Synopsis | Matt Price is gifted with incredible psychic powers when his mother is involved in a car crash involving high voltage electric wire while she is pregnant with him. At his senior prom he is approached by a government agent who is a telepath and Matt is hired to work undercover. Nicknamed "Brain Boy," his first assignment is to travel to Xochtan, a small South American country; with Hillary Gomez, a famed classical composer, who had escaped from from Xochtan as a youth. Matt must protect Gomez and himself from Ricorta, the telepath of the dictator General Droz. |
| Featuring | Brain Boy |
| Content | Genre: Spy; Superhero | Characters: Brain Boy [Matt Price] (origin); Ricorta (villain) |
| Notes | According to information in The Comic Reader # 8, March 1962, Al Jaffee did breakdowns for the last 22 pages. Story continues in Brain Boy #2. |
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| Comic Story | Hypnotism (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The case of John Park, who related experiences happening on whaling ships half a world away when he was hypnotized by William Reed in 1850. |
| Featuring | Adventures in the Unknown |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: John Park; William Reed |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. |
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| Comic Story | Animal Miracles (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about dolphins and questions about types of animal behavior. |
| Featuring | Adventures in the Unknown |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Back cover; color. |
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