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Issue: Master Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #8 of 133 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/04/1940
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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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]

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Alliance of Boss Garlow

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sergeant Kent (his close friend)
First Line: For years, Jim Barr longed to follow the example of his father...
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Pages: 10
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The Munitions Plant Robbery

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ken Wyman, ace reporter [Devil's Dagger]; Mr. H (villain)
First Line: Masking his identity in the disguise of a phantom known only as The Devil's Dagger...
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Pages: 7
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Grimmac and the Gold Map

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Genres: jungle
Character(s): Lee Granger; Eric (his pet lion); Grimmac (villain, dies)
First Line: Deep in the African wilderness Lee Granger, scientist-explorer, teaches Eric...
Synopsis: When Granger stumbles upon gold in a river, Grimmac kidnaps the pygmy chief and demands Granger surrender his land so the renegade can take the deposits.
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Pages: 7
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The Invasion of the Scanlos

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Venture; Princess Zyra (his companion); Scanlos (villain, intro)
First Line: Far into the depths of space, where untold danger and mystery lurk...
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Pages: 5
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Tim's Red Sweater

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tim Wheeler (a ten year old boy)
First Line: A train whistle screeched.
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Pages: 2
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Battle in Belravia

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): Tom Sharp [War Bird]; Marcelle Renard (famed spy)
First Line: Captain Tom Sharp, Yankee flyer with the Allied Forces, through his amazing flying...
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Pages: 7
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The Twister

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): El Carim; Jimmie (a newsboy); The Twister (first appearance, villain)
First Line: While appearing at a large vaudeville theatre...
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Pages: 7
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The Oil War

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Genres: western
Character(s): The Red Gaucho; president Francia of San Palos (his friend)
First Line: South American-born of United States parents, The Red Gaucho swoops and gallops...
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Pages: 5
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The Trial of Cantrell

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Genres: western
Character(s): Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Bash Cantrell (outlaw boss); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Ray Everett (attorney); Len Brower (outlaw); Santos Figaro
First Line: Buck Jones, popular two-gun, rope-slinging marshal of Big Savage...
Synopsis: Buck manages to disarm his captor before they arrive at the gang's hideout. Soon the posse arrives and the outlaws are captured. A new adventure begins with a demand for Buck to leave town, signed by the White Arrow.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Battefield is credited with pencils and inks in the Devil's Dagger story in this issue, 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 Pearl of Porra

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Zoro
First Line: Zoro, a dashing figure surrounded by untold mysteries...
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Pages: 7
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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