MS 1999-19 Artwork for the Brain Boy comic book
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1999-19
name: label: Artist
content: Springer, Frank, 1929-2009
topic: label: Topic
content: Anthropologists -- Fiction
creator: label: Artist
content: Springer, Frank, 1929-2009
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: The comic Brain Boy (1962-1963) featured the adventures of Matt Price, an undercover agent with psychic powers who worked for a clandestine branch of the Secret Service called the Organization of Active Anthropologists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (23 x 14.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1962
container: label: Container
content: Folder 1999-19
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Steve Chaput in 1999.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1999-19
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Comic books
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Comic books
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of an original page of artwork for the Brain Boy comic book (No. 3, Page 3, December-February 1963), signed by Frank Springer (the artist or inker). The reverse side is stamped "Dell Comics."

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives also holds a copy of the first issue of the Brain Boy comic book in MS 1999-22.