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Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) comic books 1941-1943

  • Issue #12
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 12
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split with some splitting through next wrap, cover and centerfold detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Stories and art by Mac Raboy, George Tuska, Ken Battefield, Charles Sultan, and Ralph Carlson. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Bulletman. Bulletman faces Dr. Theron and learns why he is called "the Triple Threat." Patriotic superhero Minute-Man meets his opposite number, the femme fatale Illyria, Queen of the Spies. Magician-hero El Carim investigates the murder of Woo Fang. Plus a story (and maybe a cover) with art by Mac Raboy. Bulletman; Captain Venture and the Planet Princess; Pirates; Devil's Dagger; Minute Man; Red Gaucho; El Carim; Buck Jones; Zoro, the Mystery Man. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 15
    • INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing. Interrupts art and story.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Charles Sultan. Stories and art by Mac Raboy, George Tuska, Rafael Astarita, Ken Battefield, Charles Sultan, and Ralph Carlson. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Bulletman and Bulletgirl face the killer called Mr. Murder. Captain Venture and the Planet Princess must venture to The Ice Planet of King Frigio. Zoro, the Mystery Man (not the masked swordsman Zorro) seeks the Secret of Rantrill Mansion, in a story with art by Mac Raboy. Classic Bulletman/Bulletgirl cover, possibly by Raboy. Bulletman; Captain Venture and the Planet Princess; Amazing Oddities; An Old Man's Wrath; Devil's Dagger; Minute Man; Companions Three; El Carim; Buck Jones; Zoro, the Mystery Man. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 21
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #17-2C06FE4-012
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Coming of Captain Nazi, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Mac Raboy; Hitler introduces a new foe for the super heroes in America: Captain Nazi, who is sent to the United States specifically to destroy its weakling "heroes." The Black Dragon Society, art by Charles Sultan; Minute Man [Jack Weston] vs. the Black Dragon Society. The Curse of the Balandrachu starring El Carim, art by George Tuska. The Goat People and the Dragon, script by Otto Binder, art by Rafael Astarita; Captain Venture vs. King Leon. The Peacemakers starring the Companions Three. The Landers-Benson Range War, art by Ralph Carlson; Buck and Mike run smack into a range war, and have to make peace. Black Giant, the Man From the Grave starring Zoro, The Mystery Man. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 25
    • Cover and centerfold detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • Interior is complete, but damaged. RESTORATION. Spine split seal to interior wraps (partial, splitting still present), piece fill, spine and edge rebuild, color touch, TRIMMED. Back cover is present but glued to interior of low-quality reproduction.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Case of the Face In the Dark!, art by Mac Raboy; When Captain Marvel Jr. closely examines a child's broken balloon, he discovers a secret message on it, all part of a Japanese plot to sabotage communications to Alaska. Tooth For a Clue starring Bulletman, script by Otto Binder. The Vaudevillains starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. The Kid Kids the Kidnappers starring El Carim, script by Otto Binder, art by Mark Schneider. Buck Jones Turns Bandit, art by Ken Battefield. andit Off Balance text story by Manly Wade Wellman [as Juan Lopez]. The Vaults of Villa Castillo starring the Companions Three. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 26
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Cover detached.
    • Label #3750769011
    • INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing. Affects art and story.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Return of Mr. Macabre!, script by Otto Binder, art by Mac Raboy; Freddy trades places with a rich boy, who is sick of being rich and bored, only to discover that Mr. Macabre and Captain Nazi are wanting to kidnap him in order to get to his father's plans for a rocket bomber. The Terror of the Iceberg starring Bulletman, script by Otto Binder. Dr. Hour starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. Murder Lays An Egg text story by Joseph J. Millard. The Thuggee Curse starring El Carim, art by Mark Schneider. Wanted Dead or Alive, art by Ralph Carlson; a released prisoner is out to get revenge on Buck Jones. The Golden Skeletons of Rio Sambu starring the Companions Three. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #33
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 33
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Tape on cover, interior cover and interior.
    • Label #2112197002

    Cover art by Mac Raboy and Bob Rogers (backgrounds). The Ghost Town Mystery, script by Otto Binder, art by Mac Raboy and Bob Rogers (ghost town on the splash page); Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman] battles Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger]. The Girl Who Forgot Thursday! starring Bulletman and Bulletgirl. The Valley of Death! starring Minute Man, art by Phil Bard. Hoodoo Hannigan: Ch. 5: Heaven of Darkness text story by Joe Millard. Chubby two-pager by Tom McNamara. Death Walks the Stage! starring Balbo, Boy Magician, Valdini, and Walsh, art by Bert Whitman. Bad Men Ahead, script by Otto Binder, art by Ralph Carlson; The sheriff has been shot by a badman, when Hopalong and his pal Mesquite ride into town. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #40
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 40
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing first two wraps and centerfold, affects Captain Marvel Jr., Balbo, and Minuteman stories. A few wraps detached from single center staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
      Other items consigned by humble cow
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing first wrap and centerfold, interrupts art and story.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Punching Polties starring Captain Marvel, Jr., Professor Hex, and a group of poltergeists, script by Otto Binder, art by Mac Raboy. Hoodoo Hannigan: Ch. 12: One Against Fury text story by Joseph J. Millard. The Gagman; Bulletman vs. The Gagman. The Ray of Hate, art by Bert Whitman; Balbo, Boy Magician vs. Dr. Vee. Hopalong Cassidy Is Hanged By the Neck, art by Ralph Carlson; Hopalong is hanged by the neck from a tree, but it is only staged to smoke out the bandits. Mystery At the O.C.S. starring Minute Man and Johnny Reb, art by Phil Bard. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #42
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 42

    Cover by Mac Raboy. Stories and art by Mac Raboy, Otto Binder, Phil Bard, Bert Whitman, Harry Parkhurst and Jack Binder. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Hitler manages to create the ultimate Aryan soldier, Woton, but he's still no match for Captain Marvel Jr. Bulletman and Bulletgirl discover an evil insurance company that insures criminals against their crimes being foiled by superheroes. Minute Man, investigating Nazi spies, encounters a Civil War submarine and two old "holdouts" who have been fighting the Civil War for the last 78 years. Patriotic WWII Captain Marvel Jr. cover by Mac Raboy. Captain Marvel Jr.: Woton; Hoodoo Hannigan Chapter XIV: Prisoner of the Rising Sun; Minute Man: The Fort of Fury; Balbo the Boy Magician: Money for Sale; Hopalong Cassidy: The Butterfly Bandits; Bulletman: The Lloyds of Crime. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.