Bob Powell received a belated credit in 1999 for co-writing the debut of the popular feature "Blackhawk".
10 Facts About Bob Powell
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Bob Powell officially changed his name to S Robert Powell in 1943.
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Bob Powell remained uncredited until Eisner and Cuidera, in a 1999 panel, discussed his contribution.
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Bob Powell was kind of a wiseguy and made remarks about other people in the shop.
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Bob 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.
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Bob Powell 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 US Air Force for his World War II military service in 1943, the same year he officially changed his name to S Robert Powell.
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In 1961, Bob Powell became art director for the satirical magazine Sick, working there until his death.
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Bob Powell had previously worked with Saunders and others on Topps' 1961 Civil War News series of cards.
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In comic strips, Bob Powell drew writer Bessie Little's short-lived Teena-a-Go-Go and the similarly short-lived Bat Masterson strip.
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Some Bob Powell's work has been reprinted and collected, beginning with full comic-book reproductions by Bill Black's AC Comics.