Issue Details

Issue	#97
Published	November 1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Virginia Provisiero

Cover Details - "Capt. Marvel Jr. Faces the Doubting Thomas"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Captain Marvel, Jr. foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Contents Page"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bud Thompson
Inks	Bud Thompson

9 page Captain Marvel, Jr. story "The Doubting Thomas Doubter"

Characters	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Shazam; Thomas Doubter (introduction; temporarily gains Captain Marvel, Jr.'s powers)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Wheaties advertisement "Vern Stephens"

Characters	Vern Stephens
Notes	Ad in sequential art form.

Half page Lumber Jack filler "Boosted"

Characters	Lumber Jack
Genre	gag

Half page Dizzy Daisy filler "Remembers"

Characters	Dizzy Daisy
Genre	gag

7 page Nyoka the Jungle Girl story "Nature's Murderer!"

Characters	Nyoka; Steve Hagen; Michael Hagen (villain)
Synopsis	After the death of his father, young Steve Hagen inherits the entire estate, overseen in trust by his Uncle Michael. However, greedy Michael suggests to the lad that a hunting trip in the jungle would be just the thing to lift the boy's spirits, the Uncle believing that "accidents" do happen in the jungle.
Genre	jungle
Script	Rod Reed ?
Pencils	Al Jetter ?
Inks	Al Jetter ?
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #81 (2010)

1 page Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll advertisement "The Babe Ruth Story"

Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck
Notes	Ad in sequential art form.

Half page activity "For the Master Mind"

Half page filler "Comix Cards"

Characters

Monte Hale

7 page Bulletman story "Dressed to Kill!"

Characters	Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bill Ward
Inks	Bill Ward

1 page Gillette Bicycle Tires advertisement "Gillette Bike Tire Facts"

Genre	fact
Notes	Ad in sequential art form.

4 page Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb story "Employment Escapade"

Characters	Colonel Corn; Korny Kobb
Genre	humor

2 page A Vacuum Bloobstutter Story text story "The Hole Problem"

Characters	Vacuum Bloobstutter
Genre	humor
Script	Rod Reed (signed)
Letters	typeset

Half page Dizzy Daisy filler "Window Shopping"

Characters	Dizzy Daisy
Genre	gag

Half page Lumber Jack filler "Two-Faced"

Characters	Lumber Jack
Genre	gag

8 page Tom Mix story "Suspected"

Characters	Tom Mix
Genre	western
Pencils	Carl Pfeufer
Inks	John Jordan
Notes	Art credits from Bill Black. Some Master Comics' Tom Mix stories were originally credited to Pete Riss. (May 15, 2005).