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Issue: Bulletman #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #2 of 15 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): France Herron ?; Wilfred Fawcett [as W. H. Fawcett, Jr.] (president); Eliott D. Odell (advertising director); Roscoe Fawcett [as Roscoe K. Fawcett] (circulation director); Ralph Daigh (managing editor); Al Allard (art director)
Disclose Notes: Printed in U.S.A.

Indicia indicates this issue is dated Fall 1941 (August 15 to November 15, 1941), and is Volume 1 #2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint Interiors
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #80 published January 2009
as Bulletman, the Flying Detective [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Thrills Galore!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Minuteman [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Illustrated house promotional advertisement for Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #3 and Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #3 (covers are shown) and some the feature characters therein.
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The Backstage Killer!!!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Clark Wagner (actor, death); Mat Benson (actor); Miss La Verne (actress, death); un-named theatre manager; The Hunchback [Dennis Mills, aka Winthrop; aka Hunchy] (villain, introduction, not the hero from WOW Comics)
Synopsis: Susan, Jim, and Sergeant Kent attend the theatre one evening, and when the curtain rises, one of the actors is discovered dead. After a series of these murders, the Bullet Duo investigates and track down the real killer, known as Hunchy.
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In Content Item: FlagXmas Comics #1 published January 1941
as The Backstage Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chubby
Character(s): Chubby; Kelly (truant officer)
Synopsis: Chubby and his pal play truant from school, avoiding the truant officer at every turn, not realizing school is out for the summer!
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In Content Item: FlagXmas Comics #1 published January 1941
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Case of the Limping Mummy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Mr. Benhurst (President of a museum); Johnson (museum employee); McCoy (Policeman); The Limping Mummy [Jason Hilder] (villain, supposed Editor of the Daily Pop-Off, introduction); Louie the Lifter (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Some crooks decide to heist the prize Ruby of Ankor, but a dying guard reveals that the ruby and other gems from Ankor were stolen by a limping mummy!
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In Content Item: FlagXmas Comics #1 published January 1941
as The Case of the Limping Mummy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Time Hangs Heavy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Sheriff Luke Allen; Sims Nelson (death); Zeb Smithers (town committeeman); Sam Henlon (town committeeman); Ed Johnson (town committeeman); Slinky Logan (undertaker); Rance Benton (villain, death)
Synopsis: With three Sheriffs dead in the ground, the town council decides on making Luke Allen the new Sheriff, a very unlikely candidate and a man whom outlaw Rancy Benton merely laughs at...but not for long!
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In Content Item: FlagXmas Comics #1 published January 1941
as Time Hangs Heavy [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Man Without a Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Casey (Policeman); Judge Malcolm (death); Milestone (chief juror, death); The Man Without a Face [James "Scar" Malone; aka Killer Malone] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A convicted murderer vows death to the judge and members of the jury after his conviction, and his escape from the courtroom worries Bulletman enough to look into the matter.
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In Content Item: FlagXmas Comics #1 published January 1941
as Man Without a Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ibis; Taia; Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Lance O'Casey; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; many others
First Line: Coming Your Way!
Synopsis: Illustrated advertisement from the publisher for their feature characters in Whiz and Master Comics.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Brute Morgan's Protection Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Brute Morgan (villain, Northside "protective" King, introduction, death); Brute's gang [Louie; Butch; others un-named] (villains, introduction for all); un-named Southside racketeer (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Brute Morgan is tired of other racketeers muscling in on his territory, so he decides to get even with them.
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In Content Item: FlagXmas Comics #1 published January 1941
as Brute Morgan's Protection Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Doctor Voodoo; Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]; Ibis; Taia; Dan Dare; Lance O'Casey; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Devil's Dagger; Captain Venture; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Zoro; Buck Jones; El Carim
First Line: Bigger and Better!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

Illustrated promotional advertisement for the key features found in issues of Whiz and Master Comics.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mechanix Illustrated
First Line: A Thrill on Every Page
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

Illustrated advertisement, with covers, for issues of Mechanix Illustrated Magazine.

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