Wrestler Brett Carson obtained super strength in the process of fighting the paralysis of polio (and refusing to accept the doctors' prognosis of permanent paralysis) and used it to fight crime.[3] He was assisted by sidekicks Kid Muscles and Miss Muscles, who appeared in backup stories. With a superhero costume consisting of red-and-black wrestling tights with a yellow "M" insignia, the blond-haired hero is one of few who did not wear a mask and whose identity is publicly known.[4] An additional character, Steeplejack, starred in a backup feature in the second issue.
The comic book Mr. Muscles ran two issues numbered #22–23 (March & Aug. 1956), the series having taken over the numbering of the comic Blue Beetle.[5] The sole other known appearance of a character by this name was alongside other guests in writer-artist Steve Ditko's Creeper backup story, "Beware Mr. Wrinkles", in DC Comics' World's Finest Comics #254 (Jan. 1979).
References
^Markstein, Don. "Mr. Muscles". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
^Eury, Michael (2006). The Krypton Companion. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 49. ISBN9781893905610.
^Yoe, Craig (2018). Super Weird Heroes Vol. 2: Preposterous But True. Yoe Books. p. 155. ISBN978-1631408588.
^Morris, Jon (2015). The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half Baked Heroes from Comic Book History. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Quirk Books. pp. 172–173. ISBN978-1-59474-763-2.
^Schelly, William (2013). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 160. ISBN9781605490540.