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Issue: Master Comics #26 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Mac Raboy
Mac Raboy
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel, Jr.
Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; the Japanese
Reprinting
FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Ring Master Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Various
Various
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Return of Mr. Macabre!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Mac Raboy
Mac Raboy
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel, Jr.
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)
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
FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
FlagCaptain Marvel Jr. [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as The Return of Mr. Macabre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
14
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.
The Terror of the Iceberg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Ken Bald ?
Ken Bald ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Bulletman
Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
14
Dr. Hour

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

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

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mark Schneider
Mark Schneider
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
El Carim
El Carim
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Wanted Dead or Alive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ralph Carlson
Ralph Carlson
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal
Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Kendricks
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
7
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.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Cobina (signed)
Cobina (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Dog Daze
C'mon, follow me, Cobina!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Golden Skeletons of Rio Sambu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Kin Platt?
Kin Platt?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Companions Three
Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7

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