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Issue: America's Greatest Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #4 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/12/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (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. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
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Binding:  
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ray Harford
Inker(s): Ray Harford
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel; Spy Smasher; Bulletman
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #80 published January 2009
as Bulletman, the Flying Detective [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Penciler revision from C. C. Beck and inker revision from Pete Costanza ? to Harford by Craig Delich, per P.C. Hamerlinck on Page 91 of Alter Ego #139 (May, 2016). The original cover art is also portrayed.
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Bumble-Brained Bridegroom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (villain); Beautia; Professor Edgewise; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Eve Corby; Lance O'Casey; Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]; Ibis; Taia
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In Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as Captain Marvel and the Bumble-Brained Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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Who Said the Pacific Islands Are Conquered?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Blum ?
Inker(s): Alex Blum ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Eve Corby
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom McNamara
Penciller(s): Tom McNamara
Inker(s): Tom McNamara
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom McNamara
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chubby
Character(s): Chubby
First Line: Betcha these fish are this big!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Case of the Purple Blackout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Bulletman
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Sands of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Phil Bard
Inker(s): Clem Weisbacker ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Minute Man
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Dr. Feit (villain, introduction); Malva Stone (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Minute Man begins wearing a mask in this story.

Writer credit determined by textual analysis.
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The Crime College

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Scarlet
Character(s): Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Destroyer Gob

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nathaniel Nitkin (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Commando Yank Cheats the Nazi Executioners

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Commando Yank
Character(s): Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; the Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the contents page.

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