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Issue: Master Comics #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #27 of 133 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/06/1942
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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. Printed in U.S.A.

Master Comics Advisory Board listed:
Eleanor B. Roosevelt (President of the Girl Scouts Council of Greater New York);
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (Noted explorer, aviator, and author);
Allan Roy Dafoe, M.D. (The famous Quintuplet doctor);
and The Rev. John W. Tynan, S. J. (Fordham University Faculty).
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Jr. [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Eye Collection #[nn] published June 2002
as Master Comics #27 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League: Cry for Justice #5 published January 2010
as [untitled] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds to this cover in an interview w/Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter 2000).
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Always Rings the Bell!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover.

House advertisement for Whiz Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series).
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The Ring-Master Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Capt. Marvel Jr.; Minute Man; Bulletman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Blackout Terror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: Captain Marvel Jr. travels to England to stop Captain Nazi and his cohorts from co-ordinating an air attack upon the nation.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: 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".
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100 Pages -- 1000 Thrills!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for America's Greatest Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #3 (May 13 - August 12, 1942) stated would be on sale on May 13th.
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Mr. Murder Comes Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Mr. Murder [District Attorney Reilly] (villain, death)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBulletman [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as Mr. Murder Comes Back [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Bull's Eye!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman; Bulletgirl
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for Bulletman (Fawcett, 1941 series) #6 (July 15, 1942), stating it would be on sale on May 13th.
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Death's Toymaker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; The Toymaker (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I see the point, Dad!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Killer's Cargo

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Dan Foley
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Reformation of Duke Durkin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): El Carim; Duke Durkin (villain)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Feather Thief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (actual)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Marshal Buck Jones; Silver (his horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Uncle Sassafras; Indian Joe
Synopsis: A bank has been robbed and the only clue is a large feather.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Here It Is!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: military, superhero
Character(s): Commando Yank; Mr. Scarlet; Pinky
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House advertisement for Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #6 (July 15, 1942) with a cover reproduction that focuses on Commando Yank and deletes the Phantom Eagle.
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The Ray Gun Invention

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]; Carrie Linden; Dr. Horace Linden (Carrie's father, inventor of the Ray Gun)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Spy Smasher Wants You

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside back cover.

House advertisement for Spy Smasher (Fawcett, 1941 series) #5 (June 24, 1942).
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America on the March!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: military
Feature(s): Mechanix Illustrated
Character(s): The U.S. Marines
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Promotional advertisement for Fawcett's Mechanix Illustrated magazine, with a focus on America's war effort.

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