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Issue: Minute Man #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1941
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Issues: #1 of 3 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/14/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries; Part 1; Group 2; Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Etc., Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Deliveries, Maps; 1941; New Series; Volume 38; Number 6. Copyright number: AA 368742.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint interior; Color cover
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; the Nazis
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Lance O'Casey; Golden Arrow [Roger Parsons]; Doctor Voodoo [Hal Carey]; Ibis; Taia; Dan Dare; Captain Venture; El Carim; Zoro; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Buck Jones; Devil's Dagger [Ken Wyman]; Companions 3 [Don; Nifty; Spike]
First Line: Bigger and Better!
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional house ad for Whiz and Master Comics, featuring illustrations of all the characters appearing in both magazines.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside front cover.
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The Redemption of Major Von Hartz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Army General Milton; Major Hart [a.k.a. Major von Hartz]; Major Hart's father; Nazi foreign agents (villains)
Synopsis: Major Hart wants to put his past of spying for Nazi Germany behind him, but foreign agents try to persuade him otherwise by kidnapping his father and forcing him to do anything he can to embarrass America's army. His first assignment is to betray Fort Stonewall. Minute Man tells the major to go along with their plans while he attempts to rescue the soldier's father.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
as The Redemption of Major Von Hartz [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 16
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No Rest for Minute Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Gloria (Shuker's secretary); Shuker (villain, crooked political boss); Nazi agents (villains, some die)
Synopsis: Minute Man saves a young lad from Nazi agents while aboard a train and hears from the lad that a crooked political boss named Shuker is involved with those same agents who plan to use devious means for him to be elected first, governor of the state, then dictator. What Shuker doesn't know is that those same agents plan to control the government themselves and use Shuker only as a figure head.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
as No Rest For Minute Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Triumph of Time

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Danny O'Grady (rookie policeman); Professor Ekstrom; Red Kozlik (villain, death)
Synopsis: Following Public Enemy Number Three, Red Kozlik, to Ekstrom Laboratories, New York rookie policeman O'Grady comes face to face with Ekstrom, who is being held at gun point by the nefarious criminal. Kozlik insists that the professor use his newly invented time machine to send Kozlik back to August 18, 1921. The professor does, but Kozlik discovers that fate has a way of settling old scores.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
as Triumph of Time [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The spelling of writer de la Ree's first name as Jerry, instead of Gerry, was a Fawcett letterer's mistake and not a pseudonym
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Illyria, Queen of Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; General Milton; Lady Illyria (villain, queen of foreign spies)
Synopsis: Jack Weston is sent to Barracoon, an island in the Gulf of Mexico that the U.S. government has just purchased for use as a naval base. However, Minute Man must contend with Illyria and her agents who plan to stop the building of the base by stirring up the ancient voodoo deviltry that the island is noted for.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
as Illyria, Queen of Spies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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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): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Captain Venture; Zoro; El Carim; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Buck Jones; Companions 3 [Don; Nifty; Spike]
First Line: The Big Parade...
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional house ad, with characters featured, for Master Comics.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
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Pages: 1
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The Servants of Korozan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Semator Barr; Judy Barr (daughter of Senator Barr); Korozan (villain, introduction, death); Japanese agents (villains)
Synopsis: Jack Weston is arrested following the disappearance of Senator Barr's daughter, who was actually kidnapped by Japanese foreign agents, hoping to induce her famous father to quit his insistence that America build up stronger defenses.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
as The Servants of Korozan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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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): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] Billy Batson; Nazi soldier; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]
First Line: Coming Your Way Soon!
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional house ad for the latest three issues of: Captain Marvel Adventures #3 (on sale about April 23rd, 1941), Spy Smasher #1 (on sale about June 13, 1941), and Minute Man #? (on sale about May 14, 1941).
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #86 published December 2011
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.

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