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Issue: America's Greatest Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #2 of 8 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
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Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/11/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
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Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): France Herron
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. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
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Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #4 published April 2003
as Cover - America's Greatest Comics #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #4 published April 2003
as Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Park Robberies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Sterling Morris; Miss La Verne; Chief Brannigan (introduction); Officer Hoolihan (introduction); Officer Shaunessy (introduction); Steamboat Bill (introduction); Napoleon (a horse); Stinko [Stenko] (villain, introduction); Stinko's gang [Babyface; Bubbles (Stinko's girl); Chuggers; Littletoe] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: After reporting on the third robbery in Central Park within a week, Captain Marvel decides to get involved and track down the individual(s) responsible. However, Chief Brannigan and the rest of the Police Department merely laugh at the prospect! So, Cap disguises himself as a Policeman until he captures a gang of young hoodlums.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Shazam! Archives #4 published April 2003
as The Park Robberies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Stinko and his gang next appear in Captain Marvel Adventures #13.

Script credit added by Craig Delich, per Brian Cremins in Alter Ego #144 (January 2017). The character, Steamboat, introduced in this issue, was created by Herron.

Cremins claims that this story was drawn by C. C. Beck, Dave Berg and the Captain Marvel art staff, with no mention being made of Mac Raboy.
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The Return of the Black Rat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Rat (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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The Camera Sees Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Return of the Black Poet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Poet (villain)
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Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Writer credit determined by textual analysis.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Oh boy!
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The Spy Smasher Movie Peril

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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
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Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Plug for Spy Smasher movie.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: filler
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Crimes for a Penny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky [Pinky Butler]; John D. Rokkafeller (murder victim)
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Pages: 15

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