(October 1944)

Fawcett, 1942 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1944-10-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Magazine
Editing
Richard Kraus; Ralph Daigh (editorial director); Al Allard (art director)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 4.

The Weather Man (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Bud Thompson ?
Inks
Bud Thompson ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Weather Man
Reprints

Paper Fights For Freedom! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece. Paper-drive feature

The American Eagle Menace (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Prof. Vultur (villain); Willie Washout
Reprints

The Masked Matador (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Masked Matador (first appearance, a girl)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Snortville Sneeze / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sid Lazarus
Pencils
Sid Lazarus
Inks
Sid Lazarus
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Brother American (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Tender
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tex Clavenger

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

Boxcar Benny / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm so hungry I'd even enjoy indigestion.
Genre
humor

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (Table of Contents: 7)

Rubbernose Randolph / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Art Helfant
Pencils
Art Helfant
Inks
Art Helfant
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

The Weatherman Goes on Strike! (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain Marvel Jr. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Froehlich ?
Inks
August Froehlich ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Weatherman (first appearance, sort of a weather God)

Indexer Notes

He's called The Weatherman throughout the story including its title, but it's 'The Weather Man' on the cover and in the feature-title

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Weather Man
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  2. 1. Paper Fights For Freedom!
  3. 2. The American Eagle Menace
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  4. 3. The Masked Matador
    Captain Marvel Jr.
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Snortville Sneeze
  6. 5. Brother American
  7. 6. ["I'm so hungry I'd even enjoy indigestion."]
    Boxcar Benny
  8. 7. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
    Rubbernose Randolph
  9. 8. The Weatherman Goes on Strike!
    Captain Marvel Jr.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Len Wolinsky