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Issue: Master Comics #28 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
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Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/05/1942
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?; Ralph Daigh (editorial director)
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. 3.
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Capt. Marvel Jr. Rings the Bell for Liberty

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

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mac Raboy
Mac Raboy
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel Jr.
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Shazam (cameo); Frank Edsel; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Martha (undergound Allied agent); Helen (Allied double-agent); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); double for Adolf Hitler (villain); Hans (villain, Nazi soldier); Major Glomm (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Into the very lair of Hitler himself storms Captain Marvel Jr...
Captain Marvel Jr. travels to Nazi Germany to find and rescue Frank Edsel, the key man in American production of planes, tanks and guns, from the clutches of Captain Nazi in the infamous Black Castle.
Reprinting
FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
 
Miscellaneous
13
Panel 2 on page 3 pictures issues of Wow, Whiz and Master Comics.
The Baffling Mystery of the Bouncer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Bulletman
Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; The Bouncer (villain, introduction)
The Flying Detectives must track down and stop an escaped criminal known only as the Bouncer, who uses strong springs attached to his shoes to leap high distances, and who, along with his gang, murder only men with the last name of Smith and steal just one tooth from their mouths!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
13
Story title taken from the contents page.
Hi Diddle Diddle - Let's Do a Riddle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Fuehrer Sends a Killer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Phil Bard
Phil Bard
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Minute Man, the One Man Army
Minute Man [Jack Weston]; General Milton; Maxwell Rabeaux (artist, death); unnamed radio station receptionist (death); unnamed government printer (death); Slim (Jack's friend); General Milton's daughter; unnamed killer (villain)
The death of a famous artist who specialized in painting National Defense posters piques the interest of Jack Weston and General Milton, sending Minute Man into the fray, hoping to draw the killer out into the open.
Reprinting
in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #110 (2018) (in black and white)
Miscellaneous
8
Every One's a Minute Man

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Phil Bard
Phil Bard
?
?; some typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Minute Man
Minute Man [Jack Weston]; General Milton; General Milton's daughter
Reprinting
in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #110 (2018) (in black and white)
Miscellaneous
1
A patriotic PSA after the Minute Man story, urging readers to buy all of the war bonds they can.

Added by Craig Delich.
Night Ride

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Douglas Mann (signed)
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Gamble with Fate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
El Carim
El Carim; Fate
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Story title taken from the contents.
Robbery of the River Boat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ralph Carlson
Ralph Carlson
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Buck Jones - Frontier Marshal
Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Slocum (villain); Captain Billy
Buck and Mike are travelling on a riverboat when it is held up by robbers.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Story title taken from the contents page.

Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long narrow, tapering heads, and on the last page, Silver with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse.
Circus Chills and Thrills

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Kin Platt?
Kin Platt?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Companions Three
Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
Story title taken from the contents page.

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