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, whose holdings also included the

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. M.F.'s best-known character was Captain Marvel (no relation to the

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superheroes of that name), a crimefighting alien android who could detach his head, limbs and hands and send them flying off in all directions whenever he shouted "Split!" and reattach them when he shouted "Xam!". M. F. Enterprises also published ''Henry Brewster'' from February 1966 to September 1967, a teen-humor comic created by artist

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, 2010 p. 283 Although the M. F. Enterprises brand stopped publishing comics in 1967, publisher Myron Fass continued with his

line of black-and-white mostly horror comic magazines until 1981.

Titles published

* ''Captain Marvel'' (4 issues, Apr. – Nov. 1966) * ''Captain Marvel Presents The Terrible Five'' (1 issue, Sept. 1967)—continues the numbering of ''Captain Marvel'' * ''Great West'' (1969) * ''Henry Brewster'' (7 issues, Feb. 1966 – Sept. 1967)

References

External links

* * {{comicbookdb, type=publisher, id=1430, title=M.F. (Myron Fass) Enterprises
Myron Fass enterprises entry
Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999

Comic book publishing companies of the United States Defunct comics and manga publishing companies 1966 establishments in New York City