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Issue: Master Comics #29 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #29 of 133 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/08/1942
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): 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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Captain Marvel Jr. Belts the Terror Twins

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Adolf Hitler; Emperor Hirohito
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In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
In Content Item: FlagJustice League: Cry for Justice #5 published January 2010
as [untitled] [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ring Master Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William H. Fawcett
Penciller(s): Mac Raboy; Phil Bard
Inker(s): Mac Raboy; Phil Bard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Marvel Jr.; Bulletman; Minute Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Creator credits, indicia information and table of contents. Includes three inset panel illustrations from the Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Minute Man stories.
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The Iron Heel of the Huns!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Dr. Lodz; Franz (villain, Commandant, death); Nazi soldiers (villains)
Synopsis: Freddy Freeman is air-lifted into the heart of Nazi Germany, who, as Captain Marvel Jr., is to attempt to free the founder of an anti-Nazi movement who is being held in a secure, well-guarded prison.
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In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
In Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Jr. [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 published January 1942
as The Iron Heel of the Huns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: There is nothing to suggest that anyone other than Mac Raboy did the inks.

Oddity: on page 2, panel 6, and page 7, panel 4, Freddy Freeman mentions his alter ego's name, but doesn't change into Captain Marvel Jr.

The last panel on page 14 gives the title to the next story: "The Army of Doom!".
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; The Bee [Henry Hives](villain, introduction, death)
First Line: I can't go on any longer!
Synopsis: The Flying Detectives come face to face with a villain who uses concentrated bee venom as a murder weapon, and who is revealed to be a greedy chauffeur who wants to marry his pretty and wealthy female boss.
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Pages: 13
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Hey Diddle Diddle... Let's Do a Riddle!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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The Fumes of Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Sergeant Slam Biffo; Dr. Fear (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Memorable line from Minute Man: "We musn't forget this Jap on his last lap!"
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Chapter I: Lightning over Luaca

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Hoodoo Hannigan
Character(s): Hoodoo Hannigan (introduction); Dawn Wade (introduction); Atlas Jones (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): El Carim
First Line: I'll take your car, sir.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: Sunday - Dear diary, Master Jimmy's getting patriotic...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Fred Free (government agent); Chief High Horse
First Line: You sent for me chief? What's the trouble?
Synopsis: Oil found on the Indian land and the murder of a government agent bring Buck and Mike to investigate.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: 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 3 panel 6.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]
First Line: Hey Don! Where are you going?
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Pages: 7

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