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Issue: Master Comics #27 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
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Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/06/1942
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 15 (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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Keif Fromm
This classic and very iconic World War II cover features Captain Marvel, Jr. holding up the “V for Victory” as only Mac Raboy could have done.
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The Blackout Terror!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds)
Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel Jr.
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Reprinting
FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
FlagCaptain Marvel Jr. [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Eye Collection #[nn] published June 2002
as Master Comics #27 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJustice League: Cry for Justice #5 published January 2010
as [untitled] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds to this cover in an interview w/Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter 2000).
Always Rings the Bell!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Whiz Comics.

On the inside-front cover.
The Ring-Master Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Various
Various
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Capt. Marvel Jr.; Minute Man; Bulletman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Blackout Terror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mac Raboy
Mac Raboy
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel Jr.
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Ames (naval officer, death); Mr. Wiggans (a sailor); Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister, cameo); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger](villain); Nazi underground members (villains, some die)
Captain Marvel Jr. travels to England to stop Captain Nazi and his cohorts from co-ordinating an air attack upon the nation.
Reprinting
FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
 
Miscellaneous
14
Story title taken from the cover.

Alter-Ego #6 (Autumn, 2000) features an article on Mac Raboy by Roger Hill, and on page 12, displays the last page of this story, revealing that the majority of the figures used were "paste-ons" [many of which had fallen off the original art], a tactic often used by Mac Raboy because of his slowness and running up against story deadlines.

Oddity: on page 10, panel 4. Captain Marvel Jr. mentions his heroic name, but does not change back into Freddy Freeman.

Oddity: on page 11, panel 2, Captain Marvel Jr. mentions the name of Captain Marvel, Senior, but does not change back into Freddy Freeman.

The last panel on page 14 gives the title of next issues' story: "Hitler's Headquarters of Horror".
100 Pages -- 1000 Thrills!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for America's Greatest Comics #3.
Mr. Murder Comes Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (Binder studio)
? (Binder studio)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Bulletman
Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Mr. Murder [District Attorney Reilly] (villain, death)
Reprinting
FlagBulletman [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as Mr. Murder Comes Back [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
Bull's Eye!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Bulletman
Bulletman; Bulletgirl
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Bulletman Comics #6.
Death's Toymaker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Phil Bard
Phil Bard
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Minute Man
Minute Man [Jack Weston]; The Toymaker (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Cobina (signed)
Cobina (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dog Daze
I see the point, Dad!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Killer's Cargo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Ayers (signed)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
Dan Foley
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Reformation of Duke Durkin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Charles Sultanr?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
El Carim
El Carim; Duke Durkin (villain)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Feather Thief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ralph Carlson
Ralph Carlson
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal
Marshal Buck Jones; Silver (his horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Uncle Sassafras; Indian Joe
A bank has been robbed and the only clue is a large feather.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Story title taken from the contents page.

Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long narrow, tapering heads and on the first page, the horse running with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse.
Here It Is!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Commando Yank
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Wow Comics #6 with cover repro.
The Ray Gun Invention

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Kin Platt?
Kin Platt?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Companions Three
Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]; Carrie Linden; Dr. Horace Linden (Carrie's father, inventor of the Ray Gun)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
Spy Smasher Wants You

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Spy Smasher
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Spy Smasher Comics #5.
On the inside-back coevr.

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