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Issue: America's Greatest Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #8 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/04/1943
Volume: 2
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Rod Reed
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
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Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Golden Arrow; Captain Midnight; Billy Batson
First Line: Step right up, folks!
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #21 published January 2000
as America's Greatest Comics [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents page.
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Captain Marvel Plays Baseball On Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Beck shop
Inker(s): Beck shop
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Martians (introduction); Dr. Pzzphz (introduction); General Hddy (introduction); Stostas (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) #168 (March 2021) states that Rod Reed edited this story.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Silent Sims sees a mountain climber hanging off a ledge. Rather than help him up, Sims lights the man's cigar.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No dialogue.
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The Race Around the World

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yellow Hawk (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 15
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Meets Judge Lynch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Voss; Judge Lynch (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Bulletman and Bulletgirl must stop the insane Judge Lynch, who assumes the right of life or death over his pitiful victims.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Pencil credit per Alter Ego #107 article.
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Flowers of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph J. Millard
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Filming of Spy Smasher's Downfall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Josef Goebbels (villain); Hans (villain, a Spy Smasher double); Nazis (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagSpy Smasher Comics v2 #2 published September 1943
as The Filming of Spy Smasher's Downfall [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Another plug for Spy Smasher movie.
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The Feud That Fizzled

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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Bart Gonifer (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Possible Berg art per Nick Caputo.
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Meets Mr. Morpheus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Kurt; Mr. Morpheus (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 12

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