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Issue: Master Comics #28 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #28 of 133 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
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Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/05/1942
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Otto Binder?; Ralph Daigh (editorial director)
Disclose 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.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 10.5" x 14" (#1-6); standard Golden Age U.S. (#7-133)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Capt. Marvel Jr. Rings the Bell for Liberty

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
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In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ring-Master Presents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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)
First Line: Into the very lair of Hitler himself storms Captain Marvel Jr...
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.
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In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Panel 2 on page 3 pictures issues of Wow, Whiz and Master Comics.
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The Baffling Mystery of the Bouncer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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!
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the contents page.
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Hi Diddle Diddle - Let's Do a Riddle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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The Fuehrer Sends a Killer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 8
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Every One's a Minute Man

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Bard
Inker(s): Phil Bard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; some typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Minute Man
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; General Milton; General Milton's daughter
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Reprint Notes: in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #110 (2018) (in black and white)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A patriotic PSA after the Minute Man story, urging readers to buy all of the war bonds they can.

Added by Craig Delich.
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Night Ride

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Douglas Mann (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Gamble with Fate

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): El Carim; Fate
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the contents.
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Robbery of the River Boat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 7
Disclose 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.
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Circus Chills and Thrills

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the contents page.

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