Bob Powell (born Stanley Pawlowski or Stanley Pulowski [sources differ], 1917; died 1967) is an American comic book artist known for his work during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, including the features "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "Mr. Mystic". He received a belated credit in 1999 for co-writing the debut of the popular feature "Blackhawk". As well, Powell did the pencil art for the famous bubble gum trading card series, Mars Attacks. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ... Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #18 (Winter 1952-53). ... Blackhawk #12 (Autumn, 1946), Quality Comics. ... Bubblegum is a type of chewing gum that is especially designed for blowing bubbles. ... A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card which is intended for trading and collecting. ... Mars Attacks! started out as a science fiction trading card series created by Topps in 1962. ...

Cave Girl #1 (1988), AC Comics' reprint of Magazine Enterprises' Cave Girl #11 (1954). Art by Bob Powell.

After studying art at Pratt Institute in New York City, Powell, like many comics artists in the late 1930s, found work at Eisner & Iger, one of the most prominent "packagers" who supplied complete comic books to publishers testing the waters of the emerging medium. His first work is believed to be the uncredited three-page story "A Letter of Introduction", featuring the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy, in Fiction House's Jumbo Comics #2 (Oct. 1938). Another of his earliest works, under the pseudonym Arthur Dean, was penciling the adventure feature "Dr. Fung" in Fox's Wonder Comics #1 (May 1939) and subsequently. Image File history File links CaveGirl1. ... Image File history File links CaveGirl1. ... The Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn. ... The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ... // Events and trends A public speech by Benito Mussolini, founder of the Fascist movement The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Eisner & Iger — rarely called by its formal name, the Art Syndication Company — was a comic book packager that produced comics on demand for publishers breaking into the field during the late-1930s and 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books. ... 1. ... Ventriloquism is an act of deception in which a person (ventriloquist) manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere. ... Edgar John Bergen (born February 16, 1903; died September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ... Edgar John Bergen (February 16, 1903 _ September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ... Fiction House was a American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the collaborative method of producing a comic book used to create the majority of the comics published by major US publishers, the penciller (or penciler) is the artist who interprets the story created by the writer as comics pages drawn in pencil. ... Fox Feature Syndicate (a. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Powell also did early work for Fox's Wonderworld Comics and Mystery Men Comics; Fiction House's Planet Comics, where his strips included "Gale Allen and the Women's Space Battalion"; Harvey's Speed Comics, for which he wrote and drew the feature "Ted Parrish", (reportedly pencilling at least once under the pseudonym Bob Stanley); Timely's one-shot Tough Kid Squad Comics; Quality's Crack Comics (where he pencilled as Terence McAully), Hit Comics (as Stanley Charlot), Military Comics (where he signed his pencils for the "Loops and Banks" aviation strip as Bud Ernest), Smash Comics (as Powell Roberts), and Feature Comics. Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey Publications) was an American comic book publisher, founded by Alfred Harvey and Robert B. Harvey. ... Timely Comics is the 1940s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. ... Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), featuring the Clock, previously introduced as the first masked comic book superhero. ... Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ...

As part of the Eisner & Iger studio, Powell drew many of the earliest adventures of the jungle-queen Sheena in Jumbo Comics, though Robert Webb would soon become the longest-running Sheena artist. Later, after Will Eisner split off to form his own studio in an arrangement with Quality publisher Everett M. "Busy" Arnold — bringing Powell, Nick Cardy, Chuck Cuidera, Lou Fine and others with him — Powell pitched in to co-write the premiere of "Blackhawk," created by Eisner and Cuidera, in Military Comics #1 (Aug. 1941). Powell remained uncredited until Eisner and Cuidera, in a 1999 panel, discussed his contribution [1]. Will Eisner (March 3, 1917, Brooklyn, New York City – January 3, 2005, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida) was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. ... Everett M. Busy Arnold (born May 20, 1890, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; deceased) was an early comic book entrepreneur and the publisher of Quality Comics during the 1930s and 1940s Golden Age of comic books. ... Nick Cardy (born Nicholas Viscardi, circa 1921), a. ... Charles Nicholas is the pseudonym of three early creators of American comic books. ... Louis Kenneth Fine (born 1914, New York City; died July 24, 1971) is an American comic book artist known for his work during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, where his quality draftsmanship became a highly influential model to a generation of fellow comics artists. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Powell became particularly known for his "good girl art" in Magazine Enterprises' Cave Girl, and in Fiction House's Jungle Comics, where he worked on early Sheena stories and later on the zebra-bikini'd jungle adventuress Camilla. Good girl art, aka GGA, is a term first coined by comic book dealers who inserted it in their sale lists to call attention to covers and panels showing sexy women in comics from Fiction House and other publishers. ... Species Equus zebra Equus quagga Equus grevyi *See Equus for other species. ... A woman wearing a bikini This article is about the womens bathing suit. ... The Jungle Bar on East Street in the productive central Queensland Capital, Rockhampton has been rated the best of its kind in Queensland by regular jungaliers. It has been home to many famous sporting men and women, many familiar local faces and also many internationally renowned celebrities. ...

In the realm of superhero comics, Powell co-created the patriotic character personifying the Spirit of '76, in Harvey's Pocket Comics #1 (Aug. 1941). It would become a long-running feature in Harvey's Green Hornet Comics. Powell also penciled a Golden Age Captain America story, "The Sorceror's Sinister Secret", in Timely's All Winners Comics #4 (Spring 1942), and pencilled a chapter of the historic All Winners Comics #19 (Fall 1946). He notably drew the backup feature "Mr. Mystic" in Eisner's "The Spirit Section", a 16-page comic-book insert for Sunday newspapers, from the feature's inception in 1940 until Powell entered the U.S. Air Force for his World War II military service in 1943. Spider-Man, one of the best-known superheroes. ... Spirit of 76 was the first microprocessor_based pinball table. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers (in some accounts Steven Grant Rogers), is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... This article is about the year. ... The All-Winners Squad is a fictional superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe. ... In June of 1940 Will Eisner created The Spirit, a comic serial that appeared weekly in a Sunday newspaper insert (which contained four or five stories, each seven to eight pages long). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as... Military service is service in the armed forces of a nation or the military arm of a political organization. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Man in Black #4 (March 1958). Art by Bob Powell.

Following his discharge, Powell formed his own studio and drew for numerous comic-book publishers. Among his notable works through the 1950s and early 1960s were features and covers for Street and Smith's Shadow Comics; Magazine Enterprises' Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders, and all four issues of Strong Man; Harvey Comics' Man in Black, Adventures in 3-D and True 3-D; and a handful of early Silver Age Daredevil, Giant-Man, Hulk and Human Torch stories for Marvel Comics. Powell's assistant in the early 1950s was Howard Nostrand. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x608, 72 KB) Summary Cover, Man in Black #4 (March 1958), Harvey Comics, art by Bob Powell. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x608, 72 KB) Summary Cover, Man in Black #4 (March 1958), Harvey Comics, art by Bob Powell. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Street & Smith book department in 1906 Street & Smith composing room circa 1905-1910 Street & Smith bindery in 1910 Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc. ... Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ... For people who perform risky stunts as a profession, see stunt performer. ... Dr. Henry Hank Pym is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, a founding member of the superhero group The Avengers and a brilliant scientist who spends much of his time in his lab. ... Hulk can have the following alternate meanings: The Hulk is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Human Torch is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe. ... It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ...

In 1961, Powell became art director for the satirical magazine Sick, working there until his death. On a freelance basis, he worked on Topps' 1962 Mars Attacks trading cards, doing the final pencil art based on early pencils roughs by Wally Wood; Norm Saunders then did the final painted art. Powell had previously worked with Saunders and others on Topps' 1961 Civil War News series of cards. The term art director, is an overall title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... Some Topps Baseball cards The Topps Company, Inc. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wallace Wally Wood (born June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota, United States; died November 2, 1981), was an American writer-artist best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. ... Norman Saunders (1907-1989) was a prolific commercial artist who produced paintings for pulp magazines, paperbacks, mens magazines, comic books, and trading cards. ...

In comic strips, Powell drew writer Bessie Little's short-lived Teena-a-Go-Go (1966). This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...

Quotes

Tom Heintjes [2]: "After The Spirit, perhaps the best drawn feature in the section was Powell's 'Mr. Mystic'. Eisner created Mr. Mystic by retooling his Yarko the Great, which had been syndicated overseas. After running through Eisner's scripts, Powell wrote and drew the feature until he was drafted a couple of years later. (A very good artist, Powell was a journeyman writer who tried but never managed to sell Eisner on some Spirit scripts, a situation that rankled Powell for some time.) 'Mr. Mystic' was cut from the Sunday section's lineup in 1944, by which time Fred Guardineer was handling its production."

Will Eisner on Eisner's partnership with Everett M. "Busy" Arnold creating tensions with Powell [3]: "There were problems between partners, because Arnold had his own line of books, and we were sometimes competitors. He offered Bob Powell an increase on what I was paying him for working on 'The Spirit Section', and Bob came to me and said, 'I can make more with your partners.' I called up Arnold and said, 'You want a lawsuit?' Arnold apologized but Powell got very angry, and he said, 'You ruined my career! You cut me off.' I said, 'Well, you want to quit me, and go down the street and work for someone else...well, all right. But you're not going to work for my partner while I'm around'. Anyway, we settled it. When I went into the service ... I got a letter from Bob Powell that said, 'Well, now that you're in the Army, you might get killed. I want to tell you that I forgive you' (laughter)". Will Eisner (March 3, 1917, Brooklyn, New York City – January 3, 2005, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida) was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. ... Everett M. Busy Arnold (born May 20, 1890, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; deceased) was an early comic book entrepreneur and the publisher of Quality Comics during the 1930s and 1940s Golden Age of comic books. ...

Camilla, Queen of the Jungle Empire, from Jungle Comics #9 (Sept. 1940). Art by Powell.

Nick Cardy on Powell at the Eisner studio [4]: "Bob Powell came in later when I was doing "Lady Luck". He was sitting behind me. He would help a kid around the block — tell a newcomer to take it easy and that sort of thing." Image File history File links Camilla_panel. ... Image File history File links Camilla_panel. ... Nick Cardy (born Nicholas Viscardi, circa 1921), a. ... Its the name of a comic character invented by Will Eisner in 1940. ...

Gerard Jones, on the give-and-take with Powell at the Eisner studio: "They learned to put up with Stan Pulowski's griping about 'kikes', telling each other a Polack didn't know better...." ¹ Gerard Jones is an American writer, born July 10, 1957 in Cut Bank, Montana, raised in Los Gatos and Gilroy, California. ...

Will Eisner on Powell at the Eisner studio: "It was a friendly shop, and I guess I was the same age as the youngest guys there. We all got along. The only ones who ever got into a hassle were George Tuska and Bob Powell. Powell was kind of a wiseguy and made remarks about other people in the shop. One day, George had enough of it, got up, and punched out Bob Powell." ² George Tuska (born April 26, 1916, Hartford, Connecticut) a. ...

Fred Hembeck on Powell's short Silver Age stint at Marvel Comics [5]: "Powell bowed with what was then only the latest — but not last — Giant-Man revamp in Tales to Astonish #65 (March 1965), and was in charge of the exceedingly disappointing meeting between the Human Torch, the Thing, and the Beatles (Strange Tales #130, also March 1965). In all, the former Eisner associate would pencil the final five [Giant-Man] plots (working over [Jack] Kirby's layouts on the last four), also pencil the last five Torch/Thing duo deals ... did layouts for Wally Wood's last three Daredevil issues ... and would wind up his days at Marvel pencilling two Hulk stories (Tales To Astonish #73 and #74, November and December 1965, both over Kirby breakdowns — one inked by himself, and the second by Mike Esposito)." Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ... Tales to Astonish #44 Tales to Astonish is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... The Thing (Benjamin Jacob Ben Grimm) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, a founding member of the superhero team The Fantastic Four. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... Strange Tales is the name of several comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. ... The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous co-creations. ... Wallace Wally Wood (born June 17, 1927, Menahga, Minnesota, United States; died November 2, 1981), was an American writer-artist best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. ...

Footnotes

• Note 1: Jones, Gerard, Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book (Basic Books; 2004 hardcover ISBN 0465036562; 2005 trade paperback ISBN 0465036570), p.139
• Note 2: Jim Amash interview with Will Eisner, Alter Ego #48, May 2005, p. 21

References

• Lambiek Comiclopedia: Bob Powell
• P.O.V. Online Sept. 8, 2000 Transcript, Part 2, of 1999 Comic-Con International panel with Chuck Cuidera and Will Eisner
• Wildwood Cemetary: The Spirit Database
• The Grand Comics Database
• Zelda's Mars Attacks Home Page
• Norm Saunders site: Topps Card Checklist
• The Comic Strip Project

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External links

• Comic Book Profiles: Mr. Mystic