Mr. Muscles #22
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeFrom Charlton's 1956 "All New" run, this tenth-of-a-dollar gem puts Mr. Muscles front and center beneath a "World's Most Perfect Man" banner, flexing both arms as a woman in a swimsuit presents him with a gleaming trophy while an admiring crowd looks on. Maurice Whitman's cover art captures the era's love of physical heroism with clean, confident lines — the big "M" emblem on Mr. Muscles' chest leaving no doubt who just took the top prize. With Jerry Siegel writing and Bill Fraccio on interior art, issue #22 promises the "bang-up thrilling displays of physical strength and power" the cover boldly advertises.
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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.
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