Master Comics
#28
(July 1942)
Fawcett,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-06-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication
- Editing
- Otto Binder?; Ralph Daigh (editorial 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. 3.
Capt. Marvel Jr. Rings the Bell for Liberty
Captain Marvel Jr. / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
- Reprints
-
in Master Comics (L. Miller & Son, 1950 series) #84 -
in The Shazam! Family Archives (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([November] 2006) - in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999 series) #105 (October 2011) [black and white]
- in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
-
- Keywords
- The Liberty Bell
[no title indexed]
Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Into the very lair of Hitler himself storms Captain Marvel Jr...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Shazam (cameo); Frank Edsel; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Martha (undergound Allied agent); Helen (Allied double-agent); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain); double for Adolf Hitler (villain); Hans (villain, Nazi soldier); Major Glomm (villain); the Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Captain Marvel Jr. travels to Nazi Germany to find and rescue Frank Edsel, the key man in American production of planes, tanks and guns, from the clutches of Captain Nazi in the infamous Black Castle.
- Reprints
- in Master Comics (L. Miller & Son, 1950 series) #84
- in The Shazam! Family Archives (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([November] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- Captain Marvel (magic words); Hotel Astor; U-8; V For Victory (slogan)
Indexer Notes
Panel 2 on page 3 pictures issues of Wow, Whiz and Master Comics.
The Baffling Mystery of the Bouncer
Bulletman / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; The Bouncer (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Flying Detectives must track down and stop an escaped criminal known only as the Bouncer, who uses strong springs attached to his shoes to leap high distances, and who, along with his gang, murder only men with the last name of Smith and steal just one tooth from their mouths!
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the contents page.
The Fuehrer Sends a Killer!
Minute Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Minute Man [Jack Weston]; General Milton; Maxwell Rabeaux (artist, death); unnamed radio station receptionist (death); unnamed government printer (death); Slim (Jack's friend); General Milton's daughter; unnamed killer (villain)
- Synopsis
- The death of a famous artist who specialized in painting National Defense posters piques the interest of Jack Weston and General Milton, sending Minute Man into the fray, hoping to draw the killer out into the open.
- Reprints
[Every One's a Minute Man]
Minute Man / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Minute Man [Jack Weston]; General Milton; General Milton's daughter
- Reprints
- in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #110 (2018) (in black and white)
Indexer Notes
A patriotic PSA after the Minute Man story, urging readers to buy all of the war bonds they can.
Added by Craig Delich.
The Gamble with Fate
El Carim / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- El Carim; Fate
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the contents.
Robbery of the River Boat
Buck Jones / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
- Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Slocum (villain); Captain Billy
- Synopsis
- Buck and Mike are travelling on a riverboat when it is held up by robbers.
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the contents page.
Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long narrow, tapering heads, and on the last page, Silver with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse.
Circus Chills and Thrills
Companions Three / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the contents page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Capt. Marvel Jr. Rings the Bell for Liberty
Captain Marvel Jr. -
1.
The Ring-Master Presents
-
2.
["Into the very lair of Hitler himself storms Captain Marvel Jr..."]
Captain Marvel Jr. -
3.
The Baffling Mystery of the Bouncer
Bulletman -
4.
Hi Diddle Diddle - Let's Do a Riddle!
-
5.
The Fuehrer Sends a Killer!
Minute Man -
6.
[Every One's a Minute Man]
Minute Man -
7.
Night Ride
-
8.
The Gamble with Fate
El Carim -
9.
Robbery of the River Boat
Buck Jones -
10.
Circus Chills and Thrills
Companions Three
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Dan Stevenson
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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