Brother Power The Geek #1 and #2
By the late 60's most major comic book characters that we know and love today had already been pretty well established. One of those characters was Captain America who was co-created by Joe Simon who also created and wrote Brother Power The Geek in 1968. I probably don't have to tell you that Brother Power didn't last nearly as long as Captain America's legacy. In fact it lasted approximately two whole issues!
The origin of Brother Power is that he was originally an abandoned mannequin in a tailors shop who was stumbled upon by some hippies who put some clothes on him for some reason. Eventually he's struck by lightning and becomes endowed with powers of super speed and strength because that only makes logical sense right? Basically Brother Power was a hippie version of Frankenstein. After his creation he becomes the target of the Psychedelic Circus, which is basically a freak show of people with superpowers...except more groovy. Eventually he escapes and meets a girl who gives him a face and a purpose in that he runs for US Congress. I'm not even kidding in the slightest, that's what happens! Even though he can't break into the establishment he does find a job. However by the end of the second issue he's shot into space by order of governor Ronald Reagan. Which now that I think about seems sort of fitting...
Just to show how high everyone in the 60's was Brother Power wasn't a complete failure. In fact one of the main reasons it got canceled was DC's main concern that it promoted a hippie lifestyle and mainly that readers would participate in drug abuse. Many of the DC staff pretty much openly hated it and eventually pressured the publisher to cancel it. Simon would go on to create the equally amusing Prez in the 70's that focused on a teenage president, but is still well regarded for writing Captain America. Brother Power on the other hand is still floating listlessly in space, trapped in a rocket launched by our 40th President.
-Astroboy
The origin of Brother Power is that he was originally an abandoned mannequin in a tailors shop who was stumbled upon by some hippies who put some clothes on him for some reason. Eventually he's struck by lightning and becomes endowed with powers of super speed and strength because that only makes logical sense right? Basically Brother Power was a hippie version of Frankenstein. After his creation he becomes the target of the Psychedelic Circus, which is basically a freak show of people with superpowers...except more groovy. Eventually he escapes and meets a girl who gives him a face and a purpose in that he runs for US Congress. I'm not even kidding in the slightest, that's what happens! Even though he can't break into the establishment he does find a job. However by the end of the second issue he's shot into space by order of governor Ronald Reagan. Which now that I think about seems sort of fitting...
Just to show how high everyone in the 60's was Brother Power wasn't a complete failure. In fact one of the main reasons it got canceled was DC's main concern that it promoted a hippie lifestyle and mainly that readers would participate in drug abuse. Many of the DC staff pretty much openly hated it and eventually pressured the publisher to cancel it. Simon would go on to create the equally amusing Prez in the 70's that focused on a teenage president, but is still well regarded for writing Captain America. Brother Power on the other hand is still floating listlessly in space, trapped in a rocket launched by our 40th President.
-Astroboy
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