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Issue: Master Comics #48 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 8
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Will Lieberson (executive editor); Ralph Daigh (editorial director); Al Allard (art director)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?; Mac Raboy (Captain Marvel, Jr. figure)
?; Mac Raboy (Captain Marvel, Jr. figure)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel Jr.
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
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Miscellaneous
1
The consensus on the GCD discussion lists and the Comic Books: The Golden Age Facebook page (26 December 2015) is that the Captain Marvel, Jr. figure is a Raboy paste-up and the rest of the art is not known for sure.
Michael Fraley form the Comic Books: The Golden Age Facebook page (26 December 2015) reports the back of the head is a swipe from an Alex Raymond circa 1941 Flash Gordon page.
Roger Hill confirmed on the GCD Chat discussion list that Gene MacDonald did no Master Comics covers (per an interview Roger did with him before his death) (26 December 2015). Original indexer listed Gene MacDonald ? under pencils and inks.
Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel Jr.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Paradise For Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Gene MacDonald ?
Gene MacDonald ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel Jr.
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
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Miscellaneous
13
The Stage Coach Trickery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Parkhurst
Harry Parkhurst
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Hopalong Cassidy
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Miscellaneous
7
Chapter XX: The Human Bomb

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joseph J. Millard
typeset
Subject Matter
Hoodoo Hannigan
Hoodoo Hannigan
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Miscellaneous
2
The Mimic and the Mite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jack Binder ?
Jack Binder ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Bulletman
Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletboy [Tod Drake] (first appearance; origin)
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Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Chief McArson
Yes sir, when it comes to keepin' your equipment in good shape...
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Miscellaneous
1
There's No Such Thing As Waste Paper

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
C. C. Beck ?
C. C. Beck ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
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Miscellaneous
1
paper-drive feature
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Tumbleweed Jr.
Not so good!
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Miscellaneous
1
The Barrage Mirage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Phil Bard
Phil Bard
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Minute Man
Minute Man [Jack Weston]; The Purple Spy (first appearance; villain; death)
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Miscellaneous
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