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Issue: Master Comics #30 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #30 of 133 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/05/1942
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Rod Reed?
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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Plot to Doom the Army!

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
Penciller(s): Mac Raboy
Inker(s): Mac Raboy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Capt. Marvel Jr. Saves the Doomed Army

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]; Dr. Blaine; Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger; also as Dr. Blaine] (villain)
Synopsis: Captain Marvel Jr. must stop Captain Nazi from turning the American Army into an Army of the Dead, as the vile villain, armed with a new poison that can kill thousands, disguises himself as a doctor in an Army camp and injects the deadly serum into their arms.
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In Issue: FlagThe Shazam! Family Archives #1 published November 2006
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Return of the Weeper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (script); Henry Perkins (plot)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (image only); The Weeper [Mortimer Gloom] (villain, 2nd appearance)
Synopsis: The Weeper returns with his "pills of pity" and laughing gas to spread laughter.....laughter that brings about sorrow. The Flying Detectives, however, get unexpected help from a member of the Weeper's gang, who is concerned about the health of his wife if he doesn't help the villain.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #80 published January 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The last 1/3 of the last page is an illustrated ad for the story of "The Revenge Syndicate," found in the pages of Bulletman #7.

Plot and art credits courtesy of Will Murray per Alter Ego #157 (March 2019).
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The 'SHHH!' Campaign

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minute Man [Jack Weston]; The Ear (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 8
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Chapter II: Fugitives from Fury

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joseph Millard [as Joseph J. Millard]
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Hoodoo Hannigan
Character(s): Hoodoo Hannigan
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Pages: 3
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The Death Dealer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): El Carim; The Death Dealer [Stark](villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: Sunday Dear diary, master Jimmy's vacationing...
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The Fur-Trapper Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Mountain Squires (trapper); Rankin (villain); Roy Squires
Synopsis: Buck and Mike are after a gang who killed an old trapper and stole his money and furs.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Title taken from the contents page.

Carlson is best recognized by his horses: long, narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out as in the last panel on page 4.
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Mr. Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike]; Mr. Death (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Title taken from the contents page.

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