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Issue: Fantasy Masterpieces #3
Publication Date: June 1966
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Issues: #3 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: 04/05/1966
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):  
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 as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain America
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 [Lee Weeks Cover] published January 2014
as Fantasy Masterpieces #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New cover artwork by Kirby/Giacoia (Captain America figure); other scenes taken from interior stories.
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Another Bullpen Blockbuster!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain America
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, Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Marie Severin, Stan Goldberg, Flo Steinberg and Dennis O' Neil.
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The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; Mark Carstine; Carol Young; Goris Barloff; The Hunchback [Craig Talbot] (introduction)
Synopsis: Death and terror lurk behind the scenes of a Hollywood movie set as Cap and Bucky hunt a hunchback madman, whose bloody hand seeks to stop the grinding cameras from filming the truth for a liberty loving public.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #3 published May 1941
was The Hunchback of Hollywood and the Movie Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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I Am the Prisoner of the Voodoo King!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A criminal being brought to prison from a jungle outpost escapes into the jungle. He happens upon a tribe worshipping a gold idol and steals it. He escapes his pursuers, but realizes that the idol is cursed: he can never put it down.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #82 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
was I Am the Prisoner of the Voodoo King! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-742
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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Beware the Uboongi!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Americans flee Uranus due to ferocious wildlife. The Soviets take the opportunity to land their own expedition, but because they ignore the American warnings they do not realize that the sheep-like creatures in the mountains are the deadly Uboongi.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #100 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was Beware the Uboongi! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [V-813]
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Bruttu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson
Synopsis: An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he can’t make himself understood. In his new form he discovers that the girl he’d thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #22 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1961
was Beware of...Bruttu [, Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
From Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #22 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1961
was [Beware of...Bruttu], Part 2: Bruttu [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-333
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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I Saw the End of the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Prof. Egen (only appearance)
Synopsis: A scientist builds a time machine and discovers that time is a loop with all events repeating themselves endlessly for eternity.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #73 published February 1960
was I Saw the End of the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [T-538]
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Weird Case of the Plundering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky [Bucky Barnes]; The Butterfly [Dr. Vitrioli] (introduction, death), Lenny (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Laughing at law and order, the Butterfly loots a museum of its priceless treasures until Captain America and Bucky steps in to clip his wings.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCaptain America Comics #3 published May 1941
was The Queer Case of the Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled-some art/story alterations to conform to Comics Code restrictions
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Originally titled "The Queer Case of The Murdering Butterfly and the Ancient Mummies". Title changed from original to conform to Comics Code restrictions, along with some art alterations, likely by Marie Severin.

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