Master Comics
#17
(August 1941)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-07-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Editing
- France Herron?; Ralph Daigh (editorial director); Al Allard (art director)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
[no title indexed]
Bulletman; Minute Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Minute-Man [Jack Weston]
The Unholy Three
Bulletman / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Unholy Three [Nosey; Herbert; Brutus] (first appearance; villains); Dr. Twiddley Fairchild (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Strange but True / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A yawn in the presence of a Hindu...
- Genre
- non-fiction
[The Lifters]
El Carim / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- El Carim; The Lifters (first appearance; villain)
[The Robot Spy]
Minute Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Minute-Man [Jack Weston]; Illyria (villain); X-33 (first appearance; death; villain; a robot)
[Rocket-Tank of Gold]
Captain Venture and the Planet Princess / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- King Leon (villain)
[The Return of Hook Harrigan]
Companions Three / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Hook Harrigan (villain; death); Seena (first appearance; villain)
[The Menace of Blackie Moore]
Buck Jones / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
- Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Hank Chesley (rancher); Blackie Moore (outlaw boss); Slim (cowboy)
- Synopsis
- Buck and Mesquite tangle with cattle rustlers and save the life of an innocent man accused of rustling.
Indexer Notes
Carlson can be recognized by his horses with rather long, narrow tapering heads and especially by his way of drawing the legs of running horses. In panel 2 on page 2, notice the outstreched frontlegs of the gray horse.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Bulletman; Minute Man -
1.
The Unholy Three
Bulletman -
2.
[The Bus Explosions]
Devil's Dagger -
3.
["A yawn in the presence of a Hindu..."]
Strange but True -
4.
[The Lifters]
El Carim -
5.
[The Robot Spy]
Minute Man -
6.
The Flyin' Fool Strikes Again!
Larry Dean -
7.
[Rocket-Tank of Gold]
Captain Venture and the Planet Princess -
8.
[The Return of Hook Harrigan]
Companions Three -
9.
[The Menace of Blackie Moore]
Buck Jones -
10.
["Sitting on fire..."]
Fun-O-Grams -
11.
[Mystery at Manor Hotel]
Zoro, the Mystery Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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