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Issue: Fantasy Masterpieces #6
Publication Date: December 1966
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Issues: #6 of 11 Issues (13 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Zenith Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/11/1966
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee; Roy Thomas (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1-2 saddle-stitched)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain America; Red Skull
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
as Fantasy Masterpieces #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: More lump-in-the-throat nostalgia-laden nifties from the golden age of comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside from cover featuring scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by Marie Severin. Credits include Stan Lee, Sol Brodsky, Roy Thomas, Flo Steinberg, Stan Goldberg, Marie Severin, Morrie Kuramoto, and Ron Whyte.
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An Ear for Music!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; Captain Craig [death]; The Red Skull [Johann Schmidt] (introduction); von Ratt; Kroft [death]
Synopsis: Cap has to contend with the return of the Red Skull and figure out why he is using Chopin's "Funeral March" as the means of his diabolical mission of destruction.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #7 published October 1941
was The Red Skull; An Ear for Music [Story on Interior Page(s)]some art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Phantom Hound of Cardiff Moor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Thaddeus Duffy; Betty Dean; Senor Ramos (death); Miss Primm; Dr. Amos Willard; Mary Scott; The Hound of Cardiff Moor [Mister Murdock] (introduction)
Synopsis: Cap solves the mystery of Cardiff Manor and a "ghost" dog, used by the only living relative of the family that once owned the manor.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #10 published January 1942
was The Phantom Hound of Cardiff Moor [Story on Interior Page(s)]some art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Oddity: Sgt. Duffy's first name in this story is Thaddeus, yet in earlier Cap stories, he is called Mike.
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Pulse-Pounding Pronouncements, Passionately Philosophical, Perposterously Profound, and Particularly Prepared for Permanent Oblivion!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!
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I Found the Lair of... the Lizard Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Eric Kane
Synopsis: A convict escapes and hides in a deep cave, where he finds a society of lizard men unable to breathe on the surface. When he tries to steal the diamond that provides their light he is transformed into a lizard man and forced to live among them as an outcast.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #64 published January 1961
was I Found the Lair of...the Lizard Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-1000
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Was Trapped in the Chamber of Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Mike Mathews; Hiram Cragmoor; Vera Vandeer; Chuck Dawson
Synopsis: A man tries to pitch to Stan Lee the story of a blackmailer who becomes trapped within a mystic ruby as an agent of Fate to direct recently departed souls to their destination. Stan rejects the story as too outlandish even for Tales of Suspense and the man leaves the office. Outside, the man mutters to himself that his secret is safe since even if the blackmailer escapes the ruby no one will believe him and then he blinks out of existence.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #33 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was I was Trapped in the Chamber of Fear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Last page of story shows a poster of The Hulk on the wall of Stan Lee's office, considered by some to be the first Hulk crossover/cameo.
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Germ Warfare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): John Marshall; Molitis germ
Synopsis: A medical researcher working while on a boat with friends tries to enlarge a germ to more closely examine it, but it grows to human size and hijacks the boat. The doctor takes the germ to an island where it intends to enlarge an army of microbes to conquer the world, but the germ is destroyed by an atomic test that the doctor knew was planned there.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #90 published November 1961
was Germ Warfare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-367
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Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orient

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; Betty Ross; Chan; Liang; The Fang (introduction); Baron Nushima; Chu Yin
Synopsis: Cap and Bucky battle against the evil Fang and Baron Nushima, who seek to prevent two emissaries from China from obtaining money loans from the American government.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #6 published September 1941
was Meet the Fang, Arch-Fiend of the Orient [Story on Interior Page(s)]some art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9

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