| "A Visit from the Dead!" | |
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| Brother Power, The Geek | |
| Title: | "A Visit from the Dead!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Cover price: | .12 |
| Cover date: | November-December, 1968 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Ex. Ed: | Carmine Infantino |
| Writers: | Joe Simon |
| Pencilers: | Joe Simon |
| Inkers: | Joe Simon |
| Cover artists: | Joe Simon |
| Cover inker: | Joe Simon |
| Letterers: | Joe Rosen |
| Editors: | Joe Orlando |
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"A Visit from the Dead!" is the second and final issue of the short-lived Brother Power the Geek ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. The story was written, illustrated, and inked by Joe Simon. The colorist is unknown and it was lettered by Joe Rosen. The story was edited by Joe Orlando. Just a bunch'a Joes around these parts! This issue shipped with a November-December, 1968 cover date and carries a cover price of .12 cents per copy.
"A Visit from the Dead!"[]
Brother Geek is fished out of San Francisco Bay by a group of hippies and is welcomed into their camp. The group is attacked by a motorcycle gang called the Berlin Airplanes and Brother Power's enhanced strength succeeds in driving them back. Brother Power then gets a job working at a grocery store. The store has hit hard times however and is on the verge of going bankrupt. A nefarious individual named Lord Sliderule swoops in with his intent on saving the store. Brother Power comes into conflict with Sliderule for his mad power grab of the production line and the two fight across a piece of scaffolding. Things grow even more chaotic as Sliderule makes use of laser weapons and rockets and the police and the U.S. Army are called in. Slidrule traps the Geek inside of a rocket and launches him into outer space. To be continued? Nope.
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Brother Nick Cranston
- Brother Paul Cymbalist
- Cindy
Villains
- Baron Spike Jakowski
- Lord Sliderule
Minor characters
- J.P. Acme
- Marvin
- Mrs. Acme
- Ronald Reagan
Organizations
- Berlin Airplanes
- Clinkers
- J.P. Acme Corporation
- San Francisco Police Department
- United States Army
Races & Animals
Locations
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- San Francisco Bay
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- Logo design for this series is by Gaspar Saladino.
- The tagline to this issue is "A thing that lives and fights for its soul!"
- Artist Al Bare contributed finishing pencils though he is uncredited in the comic in this capacity. Bare is best known for his work from the 1940s with Shadow Comics.
- This is the first, and to date, only known appearance of Lord Sliderule and his cronies.
- This is the first, and to date, only known appearance of Spike Jakowski, aka Baron, who is the leader of the Berlin Airplanes.
- This is the first, and to date, only known appearance of Marvin, who is a member of the Clinkers.
- At the time of production, Ronald Reagan was serving his first term as governor of California.
Recommended Reading[]
- Ambush Bus Stocking Stuffer 1
- Blasters Special 1
- Swamp Thing Vol 2 Annual 5
- Vertigo Visions: The Geek 1