Rex Dexter And The LONG Road To Mars

My mind is finally starting to surface from the work on T3C for a bit of fresh air. As i herd it back towards The Voice Of ODD!, some of those bits we wandered off from seem to be calling for a return. Today, let's (hopefully) begin another visit with Dick Briefer, starting with a return to the adventures of Rex Dexter of Mars, Interplanetary Adventurer from Mystery Men Comics.

After his first adventure, Rex started heading back home to Mars to show off his new Earth Babe...

Five issues later, still enroute to Mars...
 

...soon after, it was becoming apparent even to Rex that this trip was taking a bit too long...
 

...but, finally, they were on "the last lap" of their journey...
 

SU-U-URE!
They'll have you two back on Earth in no time - right after a quick stop on Mars.

While they're travelling, we'll come back to some of Briefer's other works including, of course, more Frankenstein - after we visit with Biff Bannon. Maybe they'll make it back to Mars by the time we finish looking at the others...

page art by Dick Briefer from Mystery Men Comics #s 4, 9, 11, & 12 (1939, 1940)

I Never Saw THIS Planet In The Space Index

I mentioned the Rex Dexter of Mars->Mars Mason->Tex Maxon (il)logic chain a few days ago (skipping the Rex Baxter by Dexter sidetrack) on Tex's post. That got me hankering for another tale with that Interplanetary Adventurer - Rex Dexter.

So, we've got a short tale for a Saturday morning post to start the day. Dick Briefer shows us what happens when we mix strange scifi with Master Of The Flying Guillotine. (Well, not really. But, you'll see...)

"Follow Every Weird Adventure..."
Yup. They called that one right.

As indicated, this was just a quickie morning post. I'll be back with a Fantastic post this afternoon.

page art by Dick Briefer from Mystery Men Comics #18 (1941)

Rex On Earth

Do you remember 19 years back when Rex Dexter Of Mars was visiting here on Earth? Things started out all right as you can see in Here On Earth - 2000AD...

...but then, odd things happened...

Fortunately, unlike most heroes, Rex & Cynde stuck around to help with the aftermath of their adventure -

Eager to see those model plans? We ran them last week at the end of the Stylin' With Dick & Rex post.

I've mentioned how much i really enjoy the very clean, simple approach that Dick Briefer takes with his art on this series. He, along with his colourist, creates quite a bit of dynamic energy with very few lines at times. But it must also be noted that when Briefer wanted to use the extra ink to show it, Rex Dexter was one handsome hero...

As noted previously, Rex Dexter appeared in issues 1-24 of Mystery Men Comics if you've got hankering for more.

page art by Dick Briefer for Mystery Men Comics #s 3, 6, 7, & 13 (1939, 1940)