(April 1940)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-03-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
- Editing
- Bill Parker
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date and the volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 449662.
World's Biggest Comics Book
Master Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Master Man; White Rajah (vignette); Devil's Dagger (vignette); Frontier Marshall [Bill Crane] (vignette); El Carim (vignette)
[no title indexed]
Master Man / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Master Man, world's greatest hero tests his might against the world's greatest scourge: war!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Master Man; King Adolfuss; General Himmler; unnamed Adolfusstan pilot; unnamed Adolfusstan soldiers; unnamed peasant
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Last panel on last page is a small promo for Slam-Bang Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series).
White Rajah and the Lost Mummy
White Rajah / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- White Rajah [David Scott]; Sin-Gee; Kelsey; Schwartz; unnamed Wulu natives; Wulu chief; Veego Chief
[no title indexed]
Devil's Dagger / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the newsroom of the Carterville Daily Blade, Burton, the city editor...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Devil's Dagger [Ken Wyman]; Burton; Bonanza Bill; Morton Wyman (Ken's father); Sandra Cole; Pat Gleason; Jeff Marlowe (villain); Marlowe's gang
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Morton Murch, the Hillbilly Hero / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the home-made balloon which was the laughing stock...
- Genre
- science fiction; humor
- Characters
- Morton Murch; Queen Silva; Malabad pilots
[no title indexed]
Shipwreck Roberts / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shipwreck Roberts, courageous diver, believes Dr. Brown...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Shipwreck Roberts; Chief; Deep Sea Doodle; unnamed ship's captain; Doctor Drown (villain); Romez; unnamed foreign spies
[no title indexed]
Frontier Marshall / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jim Trask, gang boss of Big Savage...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Frontier Marshall [Bill Crane]; Helen Wright; Mac; Mesquite Mike; two cattlemen [Hank (named)]; Jim Trask; Whipple
[no title indexed]
Amazing Oddities / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1883, a toll of one cent was charged to walk across Brooklyn Bridge!
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Eli Samuel Parker
- Synopsis
- Several trivia vignette cartoons.
Indexer Notes
Similar to Ripley's Believe It or Not!
[no title indexed]
Mr. Clue / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It only takes one clue!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Mr. Clue; J. Gould Parkhurst; Alaric (chauffeur); Abu (butler)
[no title indexed]
Streak Sloan / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Streak Sloan, resting up in Alaska following a strenuous assignment, receives...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Streak Sloan; Jerry Brant; unnamed train engineer; Ned Jackson
Master of Magic and the Jewel Thieves
El Carim / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- El Carim; J. Grigcby Duncan; Count Solferino; Solferino's gang; unnamed police officer; unnamed judge
[no title indexed]
Rick O'Shay / comic story / 6.8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rick O'Shay, two fisted American soldier of fortune no sooner cleans up an Arab revolt...
- Genre
- adventure; humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Rick O'Shay; Mekki; Major Cambon; Matt Morgan; Morgan's henchmen; Rick's soldiers
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Heritage Auctions in 2018.
Captain Marvel Power Siren Certificate No. 1
text article / 0.08 page
Indexer Notes
At the bottom of the last page of the Rick O'Shay story.
Redeemable coupon used to help obtain the Captain Marvel Power Siren.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
World's Biggest Comics Book
Master Man -
1.
Hey, Pals!
-
2.
["Master Man, world's greatest hero tests his might against the world's greatest scourge: war!"]
Master Man -
3.
White Rajah and the Lost Mummy
White Rajah -
4.
["In the newsroom of the Carterville Daily Blade, Burton, the city editor..."]
Devil's Dagger -
5.
["In the home-made balloon which was the laughing stock..."]
Morton Murch, the Hillbilly Hero -
6.
["Shipwreck Roberts, courageous diver, believes Dr. Brown..."]
Shipwreck Roberts -
7.
["Jim Trask, gang boss of Big Savage..."]
Frontier Marshall -
8.
Lost But Found
-
9.
[no title indexed]
Master Puzzlers -
10.
["In 1883, a toll of one cent was charged to walk across Brooklyn Bridge!"]
Amazing Oddities -
11.
["It only takes one clue!"]
Mr. Clue -
12.
["Streak Sloan, resting up in Alaska following a strenuous assignment, receives..."]
Streak Sloan -
13.
Master of Magic and the Jewel Thieves
El Carim -
14.
["Rick O'Shay, two fisted American soldier of fortune no sooner cleans up an Arab revolt..."]
Rick O'Shay -
15.
Captain Marvel Power Siren Certificate No. 1
-
16.
Answers to Master Puzzlers on Page 29
-
17.
["It's a wizeroo!"]
-
18.
Boys! Boys! Boys!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Clint Maxwell
- Jim Van Dore
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