(December 30, 1942)

Fawcett, 1940 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
every four weeks
On-sale Date
1942-12-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
Rod Reed (credited) (editor); Ralph Daigh (credited) (managing editor, 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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

Capt. Nazi Flies! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mac Raboy
Inks
Mac Raboy
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr.; Captain Nazi
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Ring Master Presents / table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr.

Capt. Nazi Flies! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Mac Raboy
Inks
Mac Raboy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger](villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover and contents page.

Killer Gorilla (Table of Contents: 3)

Bulletman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Bald
Inks
Ken Bald
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Officer Casey; Barren (circus owner); Oliver (villain, midget ventriloquist)
Synopsis
The actions of a killer gorilla leads Bulletman to the circus, where he discovers the criminal mind behind a scheme to print and sell fake war bonds, hiding their press and materials in the gorilla's cage.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art revision from Jack Binder? to Bald by Craig Delich 2010-2-4 and verified by Bill Black.

Chapter VI: Friendly Fish (Table of Contents: 4)

Hoodoo Hannigan / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Millard (signed)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Hoodoo Hannigan

Why Is Every Friend a Foe? (Table of Contents: 5)

Minute Man / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Phil Bard
Inks
Phil Bard
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Minute Man [Jack Weston]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Gordon Fawcett (credited) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the bottom of a house-ad page.

[Small Fry Goes To War] (Table of Contents: 7)

Small Fry-Um / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Capp
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
?
Letters
Al Capp

Genre
humor; western-frontier
Characters
Small Fry

Indexer Notes

War bond feature. Story title taken from the contents page. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-4.

The Painted Bandit (Table of Contents: 8)

Balbo the Boy Magician / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bert Whitman ?
Pencils
Bert Whitman
Inks
Bert Whitman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Balbo
Reprints

Balbo's Solid Through Solid (Table of Contents: 9)

Tricks / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
How to perform 2 magic tricks.

[Hopalong Cassidy Takes a Trick] (Table of Contents: 10)

Hopalong Cassidy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Parkhurst
Inks
Harry Parkhurst
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Hopalong Cassidy

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the contents page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Capt. Nazi Flies!
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Ring Master Presents
  3. 2. Capt. Nazi Flies!
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  4. 3. Killer Gorilla
    Bulletman
  5. 4. Chapter VI: Friendly Fish
    Hoodoo Hannigan
  6. 5. Why Is Every Friend a Foe?
    Minute Man
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. [Small Fry Goes To War]
    Small Fry-Um
  9. 8. The Painted Bandit
    Balbo the Boy Magician
  10. 9. Balbo's Solid Through Solid
    Tricks
  11. 10. [Hopalong Cassidy Takes a Trick]
    Hopalong Cassidy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky