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Issue: Master Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #9 of 133 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/06/1940
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Parker
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 10.5" x 14" (#1-6); Standard Golden Age U.S. (#7-133)
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck ?
Inker(s): Pete Costanza
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bulletman
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Boss Kizer's Political Power Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jon Smalle
Inker(s): Jon Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bulletman
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Sergeant Kent; Susan Kent; District Attorney Jordan; Boss Kizer (villain, political racketeer); Kizer's gang (villains)
Synopsis: District Attorney Jordan is running for Governor, but Boss Kizer is determined to first back Jordan for office, then use him to cover up for Kizer's illegal rackets.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Hijacked Bomber

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Battefield
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Devil's Dagger
Character(s): V: Mr. H
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Quest for Jimmie's Parents

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Formes
Penciller(s): Sven Elven
Inker(s): Sven Elven
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): El Carim, Master of Magic
Character(s): El Carim; The Duke (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Script and art credits by Michael D. Fraley per interviews with Sven Elven's widow and son-in-law and documents they provided. See article in Alter Ego #162 (January 2020).
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Captured by the Djungas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rafael Astarita ?
Inker(s): Rafael Astarita ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Captain Venture and the Planet Princess
Character(s): Djungas (first appearance; villain); King Leon (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Ghost of the Bad Lands

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Drought of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tom Hickey?
Inker(s): Tom Hickey?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Lee Granger, Jungle King
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #38 published January 2003
as The Drought of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Framed for Kidnapping

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Anderson
Inker(s): Harry Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Red Gaucho
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Mark of the White Arrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Battefield
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal
Character(s): Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy; Santos Figaro (villain); McPherson (rancher)
Synopsis: In compliance with a mysterious note, Buck heads for the saloon, baiting his trap for the unknown "White Arrow" who signed the note.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Battefield is credited on pencils and ink in the Devil's Dagger story in Master Comcs #8, and that art is similar to this story. The faces of the villains are exact matches, long chin, small eyes and long noses. Also notice the face in sideview in the Battefield scan on Jerry Bails' Who's Who from Target comics with pencils by Battefield, and from the same period.
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The Horned Masks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Zoro, The Mystery Man
Character(s): Zoro; Horned Masks (first appearance; villains); Horned Masks' leader (first appearance; villain; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The art here is very similar to Binder's signed stories like Cloud Curtis and Black Owl, especially the inking.

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