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Issue: Master Comics #26 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #26 of 133 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/03/1942
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Otto Binder?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mac Raboy
Inker(s): Mac Raboy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel, Jr.
Character(s): Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; the Japanese
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ring Master Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of Mr. Macabre!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Mac Raboy
Inker(s): Mac Raboy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel, Jr.
Character(s): Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Johnny Paine; Mr. Paine (Johnny's father); Mr. Macabre [Filpot] (villain); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); the Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Freddy trades places with a rich boy, who is sick of being rich and bored, only to discover that Mr. Macabre and Captain Nazi are wanting to kidnap him in order to get to his father's plans for a rocket bomber.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Jr. [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as The Return of Mr. Macabre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The cover scene is virtually reproduced in panel 5 on page 13, except the ship's flag on the cover is Japanese, while the flag in the story panel is Nazi.

Oddity: in the last panel on page 6, Freddy mentions "Captain Marvel Jr.", but does not change into his alter ego.
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The Terror of the Iceberg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Ken Bald ?
Inker(s): Ken Bald ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bulletman
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Dr. Hour

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Bard
Inker(s): Phil Bard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Minute Man
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Dr. Hour [Jooves] (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Hey Diddle Diddle... Let's Do a Riddle!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tojo; Uncle Sam; Hitler
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Riddles in cartoon form. Character appearances added by David Burns via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Murder Lays an Egg

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph J. Millard (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Thugee Curse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mark Schneider
Inker(s): Mark Schneider
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): El Carim
Character(s): El Carim
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Wanted Dead or Alive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ralph Carlson
Inker(s): Ralph Carlson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal
Character(s): Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Kendricks
Synopsis: A released prisoner is out to get revenge on Buck Jones, the man who sent him up. He disguises himself as Buck and commits robberies that leads to the offer of a reward for Buck, dead or alive.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from contents page.

Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse, as on page 4 panel 3, and also page 6.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Cobina (signed)
Inker(s): Cobina (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Dog Daze
First Line: C'mon, follow me, Cobina!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Golden Skeletons of Rio Sambu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kin Platt?
Inker(s): Kin Platt?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Companions Three
Character(s): Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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