(June 1942)

Fawcett, 1940 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-05-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
Otto Binder ? (editor); Wilfred Fawcett (credited as W. H. Fawcett Jr.) (president); Eliott D. Odell (credited) (advertising director); Roscoe Fawcett (credited as Roscoe K. Fawcett) (circulation director); Ralph Daigh (credited) (editorial director); Al Allard (credited) (art director)

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. 2. Printed in U.S.A.

Master Comics Advisory Board listed:
Eleanor B. Roosevelt (President of the Girl Scouts Council of Greater New York);
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (Noted explorer, aviator, and author);
Allan Roy Dafoe, M.D. (The famous Quintuplet doctor);
and The Rev. John W. Tynan, S. J. (Fordham University Faculty).

The Blackout Terror! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel Jr. / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds, see notes)
Inks
Mac Raboy; Bob Rogers (backgrounds, see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Reprints
Keywords
V For Victory (slogan)

Indexer Notes

Bob Rogers verified doing the backgrounds to this cover in an interview w/Roger Hill in Alter-Ego #7 (Winter 2000).

Cover Thumbnail for Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #27
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Always Rings the Bell! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Ring-Master Presents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Capt. Marvel Jr.; Minute Man; Bulletman
Keywords
superhero

The Blackout Terror! (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mac Raboy
Inks
Mac Raboy
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Ames (naval officer, death); Mr. Wiggans (a sailor); Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister, cameo); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); Nazi underground members (villains, some die)
Synopsis
Captain Marvel Jr. travels to England to stop Captain Nazi and his cohorts from co-ordinating an air attack upon the nation.
Reprints
Keywords
Captain Marvel (magic words)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover.

Alter-Ego #6 (Autumn, 2000) features an article on Mac Raboy by Roger Hill, and on page 12, displays the last page of this story, revealing that the majority of the figures used were "paste-ons" [many of which had fallen off the original art], a tactic often used by Mac Raboy because of his slowness and running up against story deadlines.

Oddity: on page 10, panel 4. Captain Marvel Jr. mentions his heroic name, but does not change back into Freddy Freeman.

Oddity: on page 11, panel 2, Captain Marvel Jr. mentions the name of Captain Marvel, Senior, but does not change back into Freddy Freeman.

The last panel on page 14 gives the title of next issues' story: "Hitler's Headquarters of Horror".

100 Pages -- 1000 Thrills! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Mr. Murder Comes Back (Table of Contents: 5)

Bulletman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Binder Studio
Inks
Binder Studio
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Mr. Murder [District Attorney Reilly] (villain, death)
Reprints

Bull's Eye! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bulletman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Death's Toymaker (Table of Contents: 7)

Minute Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Phil Bard
Inks
Phil Bard
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Minute Man [Jack Weston]; The Toymaker (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dog Daze / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Cobina (credited)
Inks
Cobina (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I see the point, Dad!
Genre
humor; animal

Killer's Cargo (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Ayers (credited) (house name)
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dan Foley

[The Reformation of Duke Durkin] (Table of Contents: 10)

El Carim / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Charles Sultan ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
El Carim; Duke Durkin (villain)

The Feather Thief (Table of Contents: 11)

Buck Jones / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Buck Jones (credited); ? (actual)
Pencils
Ralph Carlson
Inks
Ralph Carlson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Feature Logo
Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Marshal Buck Jones; Silver (his horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Uncle Sassafras; Indian Joe
Synopsis
A bank has been robbed and the only clue is a large feather.

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the contents page.

Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long narrow, tapering heads and on the first page, the horse running with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse.

Here It Is! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Commando Yank / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Ray Gun Invention] (Table of Contents: 13)

Companions Three / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kin Platt ?
Inks
Kin Platt ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]; Carrie Linden; Dr. Horace Linden (Carrie's father, inventor of the Ray Gun)

Spy Smasher Wants You (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Spy Smasher / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

America on the March! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Mechanix Illustrated / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Blackout Terror!
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  2. 1. Always Rings the Bell!
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  3. 2. The Ring-Master Presents
  4. 3. The Blackout Terror!
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  5. 4. 100 Pages -- 1000 Thrills!
  6. 5. Mr. Murder Comes Back
    Bulletman
  7. 6. Bull's Eye!
    Bulletman
  8. 7. Death's Toymaker
    Minute Man
  9. 8. ["I see the point, Dad!"]
    Dog Daze
  10. 9. Killer's Cargo
  11. 10. [The Reformation of Duke Durkin]
    El Carim
  12. 11. The Feather Thief
    Buck Jones
  13. 12. Here It Is!
    Commando Yank
  14. 13. [The Ray Gun Invention]
    Companions Three
  15. 14. Spy Smasher Wants You
    Spy Smasher
  16. 15. America on the March!
    Mechanix Illustrated
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