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Issue: Fantasy Masterpieces #5
Publication Date: October 1966
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Issues: #5 of 11 Issues (13 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Zenith Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/02/1966
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee; Roy Thomas (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1-2 saddle-stitched)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. Capitán América #1 published July 2011
as Génesis de un Icono [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]Detalle de la figura del Capitán América
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published February 2014
as Fantasy Masterpieces #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New cover art by Kirby/Giacoia (main Captain America figure); all other panels taken from interior stories by Kirby and Simon (Captain America); Kirby/Ayers/Klein and Don Heck ("The Things from Dimension X").
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: From the Golden Age of Marvel...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside from cover featuring scenes from interior stories, with gray tones added by Marie Severin. Credits include Stan Lee, Sol Brodsky, Roy Thomas, Flo Steinberg, Stan Goldberg, and Marie Severin.
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Captain America and the Ringmaster of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Betty Ross; Sergeant Duffy; General Blaine (death); Defense Commissioner Newsome (death); The Ringmaster; his Circus [Tommy Thumb; Zandow the Strong Man; Omir the Snake Charmer; Trapeze Trio] (introduction)
Synopsis: Steve and Bucky decide to visit the circus for some fun, but its Cap and Bucky that face the Ringmaster's Wheel of Death and its purpose: to allow the villain to place America into a steel vise of terror, using vicious mobsters as his personal Gestapo!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #5 published August 1941
was The Ringmaster of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]some art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Sergeant Duffy; General Haywood; Commander Phillips; Marie; Captain Okada (introduction, death); Toshio (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Captain America and Bucky investigate the disappearance of the patrol boat "Winfield" with its crew and discover a sinister villain, his HQ inside a monstrous sea serpent, responsible.
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #5 published August 1941
was The Gruesome Secret of the Dragon of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]some story/art alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Mister Gregory and the Ghost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lucius P. Gregory
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #75 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1961
was Mister Gregory and the Ghost! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Things from Dimension X!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lynwood; Koaa
Synopsis: A scientist successfully creates a link to the dimension Electra only to find the inhabitants bent on conquest. They pour through the portal but are stopped when the carved presidents on Mt. Rushmore come to life and drive them back.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #80 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1961
was The Things from Dimension X! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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It Fell from the Flying Saucer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An artist finds an alien pencil that will make whatever he draws real, but his selfish use of it makes the aliens take it back.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
was It Fell from the Flying Saucer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Killers of the Bund

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; the Sentinels of Liberty; Heinrich Schmidt; Bob Schmidt; the Nazis [Hans; Fritz; un-named others] (villains)
Synopsis: When a Nazi Bund beats up a man of German descent (because he won't join up), Captain America and Bucky attack the Bund camp and Cap is captured. Bucky races back to the city and enlists the aid of the Sentinels of Liberty to rescue Cap and round up the rogues.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #5 published August 1941
was Killers of the Bund [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10

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