Digital Comic Museum - Master Comics 028 (paper)


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Issue: #28
Published: July 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Otto Binder; Ralph Daigh (editorial director)
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
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.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Capt. Marvel Jr. Rings the Bell for Liberty
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]

Table Of Contents (1 page)	The Ring-Master Presents
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (13 pages)
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.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	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)

Comic Story (13 pages)	The Baffling Mystery of the Bouncer
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!
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Bulletman [Jim Barr] Bulletgirl [Susan Kent] Sergeant Kent The Bouncer (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (1 page)	Hi Diddle Diddle - Let's Do a Riddle!
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Fuehrer Sends a Killer!
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.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	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)

Public Service Announcement (1 page)	Every One's a Minute Man
Featuring:	Minute Man
Credits:	Pencils: Phil Bard \| Inks: Phil Bard \| Letters: ?; some typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction
Characters:	Minute Man [Jack Weston] General Milton General Milton's Daughter

Text Story (2 pages)	Night Ride
Credits:	Script: Douglas Mann (signed) \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Gamble with Fate
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	El Carim Fate

Comic Story (7 pages)	Robbery of the River Boat
Synopsis:	Buck and Mike are travelling on a riverboat when it is held up by robbers.
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Buck Jones Silver (horse) Mesquite Mike (deputy) Slocum (villain) Captain Billy

Comic Story (7 pages)	Circus Chills and Thrills
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Companions Three [Don Nifty Spike]

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