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The Mr. America contest is a bodybuilding competition started by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). It was first held on July 4, 1939, and the winner was named "America's Best Built Man". In 1940 this was changed to what is now known as the Mr. America contest. In the mid-1940s, Joe and Ben Weider started the IFBB as an alternative to the AAU.
Mister America, in comics, is the name of three fictional DC Comics superheroes: 1. Tex Thompson, the Golden Age Mister America, first appeared in June 1938 in Action Comics #1. 2. Trey Thompson (a descendant of his predecessor Tex Thompson) is the prelude to the
Mister America is a 2019 American mockumentary [2] film directed by Eric Notarnicola and starring Tim Heidecker.The film is an extension of the On Cinema universe, in which Heidecker portrays a fictionalized version of himself who reviews films with fellow comedian Gregg Turkington; [3] the film follows Heidecker as he runs for the office of San Bernardino County district attorney, attempting ...
Mr. America may refer to: Mr. America, a 2013 Italian film; Mr. America (contest), American bodybuilding contest "Mr. America" Gene Stanlee, a professional wrestler in the early 1900s; Mr. America, a character played by Hulk Hogan in WWE in 2003; Mr American, a 1980 novel by George MacDonald Fraser; Mister America (comics), three characters
Mister America (Jeffrey Graves) is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics Universe, the official third and current character to take up the Mr. America mantle and a member of the Justice Society of America. Mr.
Harry "Tex" Thompson (Thomson pre-1993) is a superhero owned by DC Comics who later became the masked crime-fighter Mr. America and then became an espionage operative called Americommando. He was often aided by his best friend Bob Daley, who for a brief time operated as his costumed sidekick "Fatman".
Lurie was born in New York, New York, graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School and later moved to North Woodmere on Long Island where he lived until age 90. [2] A world-class bodybuilder in the 1940s, Lurie won numerous titles in the Mr. America competitions. [1]
John Carroll Grimek (June 17, 1910 [2] – November 20, 1998) was an American bodybuilder and weightlifter active in the 1930s and 1940s. Grimek was Mr. America in 1940 and 1941, and Mr. Universe in 1948.