Master Comics
#23
(February 1942)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-01-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- France Herron?
Issue 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. 1.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel Jr. / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam
- Reprints
-
in The Shazam! Family Archives (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([November] 2006)
-
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is there a chance to help sell papers, mister?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; President Franklin D. Roosevelt (cameo); Rastus (chauffeur); Herr Burke (death); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Captain Nazi kills an underground British agent, attends a secret conference meeting, and then sets out to kill the President of the United States before Captain Marvel Jr. can stop him.
- Reprints
- in The Shazam! Family Archives (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([November] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- Captain Marvel (magic words); The Daily Blah
Indexer Notes
Freddy becomes a newsboy in this story.
The last panel on page 13 gives the title of next issues' Captain Marvel Jr. story: "Death By Radio".
The Weeper
Bulletman [Fawcett] / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; The Weeper [Mortimer Gloom] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Flying Detectives face a circus performer, formerly known as the Crying Clown or Weeping Willie, who has been fired for dishonesty and now is carrying out revenge crimes.
- Reprints
-
in Three Aces Comics (Anglo-American Publishing Company Limited, 1941 series) #v3#2 (March 1944) - in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #74 ([October] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
The last tier of panels is an illustrated ad for the next issue of Bulletman Comics.
The Weeper was created by Henry Perkins.
Minute Man and the Walking Dead Man
Minute Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Minute Man [Jack Weston]
Barney
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wonder how Willie is makin' out with his homework!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Barney
Indexer Notes
This is the only story with Barney as the feature I can find at Fawcett. Therefore, I propose "Barney" is the title, not the feature.
Arizona Bound
Buck Jones / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
- Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Joe; Ruth (stage line owner); Aunt Miranda; Taggert (crook)
- Synopsis
- Taggert is behind the robbings and killings on the stage line, and he will try to take over the line for himself.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the movie, "Arizona Bound."
Carlson is best recognized by his horses with long narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse, or a very high lift of the legs.
[Battle with the Kraken]
Companions Three / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel Jr. -
1.
The Ring Master Presents
-
2.
["Is there a chance to help sell papers, mister?"]
Captain Marvel Jr. -
3.
The Weeper
Bulletman [Fawcett] -
4.
Minute Man and the Walking Dead Man
Minute Man -
5.
See the Freaks Free
El Carim -
6.
Barney
-
7.
Arizona Bound
Buck Jones -
8.
Attila
Famous Blitzkriegs of the Past -
9.
Double for Death
-
10.
[Battle with the Kraken]
Companions Three
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