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Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) comic books

  • Issue #12
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 12
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split with some splitting through next wrap, cover and centerfold detached.
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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.
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    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.
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    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 #36
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 36
    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover Detached.
    • Label #2027195023

    Cover art by Mac Raboy. Liberty for the Chetniks, art by Mac Raboy; Captain Marvel, Jr. battles The Wizard. The Wizard of Murder starring Bulletman. Hoodoo Hannigan text story Joseph Millard. Meets The Mummy starring Minute Man. Death Rides The Falls; Balbo, Boy Magician vs. Satannus. Balbo's Own Magic Page activity page. Rides With Death In Thunder Pass, art by Ralph Carlson; The daughter of an old friend of Hopalong Cassidy is kidnapped by rustlers and left to die. 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.
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    • 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.

  • Issue #53
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 53
    • Pedigree: Crowley
    • Crowley Copy/ File Copy
    • Label #0083583014

    Cover by Al Carreno. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Sparling, August Froehlich and Al Carreno. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Bulletman investigates when phony medium Brother Death causes his subjects to turn to murder. Posing as an archeologist, "international policeman" Radar joins forces with Dwina, a Hindu who is the first international policewoman, when German spies incite unrest among the Zulu nations colonized by the British. Nyoka, the Jungle Girl fears the curse of the Death Rug, but her father doesn't have time for such foolishness. Plus a full-page comics-format ad for Mary Marvel fashions for girls (dresses, not the costume). Radar: The Witch Doctor; Tumbleweed Jr.; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Mystery of Boo Pah Boo; Bulletman: Brother Death; Hoodoo Hannigan, Ch. XXV: Black Reunion; Captain Marvel, Jr.: His Wicked Ward. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #55
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 55
    • Paper: Off white
    • Pedigree: Pennsylvania
    • Date Stamp on 1st Page.
    • Label #0023850004

    The Unrelated Triplets starring Radar, art by Al Carreno. The Tattooed Man starring Bulletman, the Flying Detective, script by Otto Binder, art by Harry Anderson; Jim Barr is ordered to protect Tattoo Tony from harm by other criminals, unaware that he is actually the situation to recover some stolen loot. The Python Peril starring Nyoka, art by Jack Sparling. Hoodoo Hannigan: Ch. 27: Rats Must Die text story by Joseph J. Millard. Sivana's India Rubber Man starring Captain Marvel, Jr., art by August Froehlich. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $332 MASTER COMICS #55 FAWCETT PUB GOLDEN AGE 1944 CGC 5.0 GRADED!

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  • Issue #59
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 59
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Pedigree: Crowley
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Crowley Copy/File Copy.
    • Label #0083586003

    Stories and art by Otto Binder, Jack Sparling, and Al Carreno. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Captain Marvel, Jr. meets the Upside Downies, who walk on their hands and eat with their feet. "International policeman" Radar battles a rival "international police" organization in the African nation of Liberia. A luggage mix-up puts the Terrible Tiara in the bag of Nyoka, the Jungle Girl, but gangsters want it too. Radar: The World Gauleiters; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Adventure of the Terrible Tiara; Bulletman: The Animal Secret; Sam the Sheriff; Hoodoo Hannigan, Ch. 31; Captain Marvel, Jr.: The Upside Downies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #71
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 71
    • Water damage.

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Otto Binder, Gene McDonald, Harry Anderson, W. Jourdain, Howard Boughner and Bert Lonsdale. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Nyoka can't believe her ears when she hears a tiger speaking in rhyme, but he's no Tawky Tawny. The German spy known as the Butcher plans mass destruction for Puttnia, unless Radar can stop it. On a skyscraper under construction on an old burial ground, Captain Marvel, Jr. battles a welder-gone-wrong in a metal mask. Plus a vintage ad for the magazine Mechanix Illustrated featuring the original Captain Marvel (Shazam). Captain Marvel, Jr.: Man in Metal Mask; Trader Tom; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Talking Tiger; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Sam Petty's Ghost; Whipper-Snappers; Bulletman: Terror in Toyland; Drama Antics; Radar: The Butcher. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #75
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 75
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and an additional wrap missing, interrupts art and story.

    Stories and art by Howard Boughner and others. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Action girl Nyoka meets tigers in the jungles of India. Radar the superspy tracks war profiteers. Captain Marvel, Jr. battles a master of zombies - not the George Romero kind, but the Haitian voodoo kind. Plus a full-page comics-format ad for Mary Marvel fashions for girls (dresses, not the costume). Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Zombie Master; Lumber Jack: Small of Him!!; Nyoka in India; Whippersnappers: Exercise; Trader Tom: He Drives Us Crazy; Marooned; Bulletman: The Terrible Trio!; The Tragedy of Joe Miller; Whippersnappers: Dental Drolleries; Radar: The Merchant of War!. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #76
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 76
    • 3/4" Tear on back of cover and last 7 pages.

    Stories and art by Bud Thompson, Jack Binder, Howard Boughner and Harry Anderson. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Action girl Nyoka is acting as guide for a movie crew in the jungle when they encounter a ruthless ruby hunter. "International policeman" Radar winds up in a tight spot while investigating a spy ring. Capt. Marvel Jr. finally takes a vacation, but that's a golden opportunity for the city's underworld. Radar: Food for Thought; A Meaty Question; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: Passage to Death!; Whippersnappers: Exercise; Trader Tom; For the Master Mind; Marooned; Bulletman: The Hot Dog Case; Kanvasback: Pound for Pound; The Tragedy of Joe Miller; Capt. Marvel Jr. Goes on Vacation; The Big Stick; Whippersnappers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #77
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 77
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Pedigree: Crowley
    • Crowley Copy.
    • Label #0083587017

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Otto Binder, Howard Boughner and Charlie Tomsey. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Nyoka has adventures in the jungles of Java, in a story with early art by future EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Radar the superspy tries to prevent a border skirmish from becoming an international incident. Capt. Marvel Jr. investigates a Blue Ribbon crime. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Blue Ribbon Crime; A Meaty Question; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: Java Adventure; Trader Tom; For the Master Mind; Bulletman Plays It Safe!; Judge Smudge; Luck Flies High; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb; Radar: The Border Incident; Whippersnappers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #78
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 78

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Howard Boughner and Bud Thompson. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Bulletman tries to solve a murder, but first he must find the body of the victim. Trader Tom wants to know his landlord's name - and his landlord wants to know why. Capt. Marvel Jr. investigates a murder on a sightseeing train. Plus an Easter-themed comics-format ad for Mary Marvel fashions for girls (dresses, not the costume). Capt. Marvel Jr.: Death on the Scenic Railway; Giggle Gags; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: The Killer King; Trader Tom; For the Master Mind; Bulletman: The Missing Body; Pee Wee Pete; Dizzy Daisy; Wrong Number; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Counselors at Law; Radar: Guest for Death; Whippersnappers. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #79
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 79
    • Paper: Off white
    • Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Davis Crippen ("D" Copy). Includes COA from The Davis Crippen "D" Copy Collection.
    • Label #0745098013

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Stan Kaye, Ken Champin, Bill Brady and Dick MacKay. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. When Uncle Safar needs a penicillin shipment that has crashed in the jungle, Nyoka braves cannibal territory to find it and bring it to him. Richard Richard, Private Dick (detective) stumbles on a 3-cent stamp scam, in whimsical spoof of private eye stories. "International policeman" Radar is assigned to protect a Salibian diplomat, unaware that he diplomat has already been kidnapped and replaced. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Captures the Red Terror!, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Black Shroud; Giggle Gags; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: Headhunters' Haven; Trader Tom; For the Master Mind; Bulletman: The Daffy Desperadoes; Tumbleweed Jr.; For the Master Mind; Hear Some Evil, See Some Evil; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: The Big Sale; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Case of the Missing Stamps; Radar: The Death-Dealing Playboy. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #80
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 80
    • Pedigree: Crowley
    • Crowley Copy/ File Copy
    • Label #0083588001

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by Bud Thompson and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. follows a backwards-walking giant to the Land of Backwards, where everything is reversed, and doesn't know whether he's coming or going. Kidnappers think they can hide their hostages in the jungle and no one will be able to find them, but they don't know Nyoka. When a former vaudeville performing dog is trained for robbery, Bulletman's flying dog Bulletdog pounces into action. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade, and a Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie's Counter-Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Land of Backwards; High Strung; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: Ransom Double Cross; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Bulletman: Bulletdog Takes Over!; Tumbleweed Jr.; For the Master Mind; Giggle Gags; He Caught a Dictator Singlehanded; Whipper-Snappers; Radar: The Mission to Calcutta. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #89
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 89
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Pedigree: Crowley
    • Crowley Copy.
    • Label #0083588015
    • Cover detached at one staple and centerfold detached.

    Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. tries to keep the biggest dog in the world from destroying everything in its path. Nyoka seeks a way to prevent a strange disease from destroying a rubber plantation. Western hero Hopalong Cassidy faces off against a sinister hypnotist. Plus a plethora of vintage comics-format ads, including a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Cover may be the work of longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The World's Largest Dog; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: The Rubber Pox Plague; Bulletman: The Death Jump; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Bodacious Broadcast; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: The True Friend; Kanvasback: Molar Mauler; Hopalong Cassidy: The Hypnotist's Spell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #93
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 93
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Davis Crippen ("D" Copy). Includes COA from The Davis Crippen "D" Copy Collection.
    • Label #0745099008

    Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Growing Giant, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Captain Marvel, Jr. vs. Sivana, Jr. Adventures of "R.C." and Quickie ad for Royal Crown Cola with John Wayne. Tames a Tornado starring Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll ad, art by C. C. Beck. The Deadly Revenge starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl, art by Bernie Krigstein. Raw Courage starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb. The Poison Dart Murder Case! starring Bulletman. Bloobstutter's Choo-Choo Chance text story by Rod Reed. The Missing Accomplice!, art by Maxwell Elkan; Twin River Opera House is robbed, but one of the men is caught. He is later set free when given the name of his accomplice; This is a ruse made by Hopalong to get them both. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #94
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 94
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #0083550003
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Otto Binder, Kurt Schaffenberger, Bill Ward, Frank Bolle, Max Elkan, Bill Woolfolk and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Sivana Jr.'s latest invention captures Capt. Marvel Jr. in an impenetrable bubble, in a story (and cover) with art by longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Nyoka faces a new menace in the jungle, in an story with early art by future EC legend Bernie Krigstein. When a dog is committing robberies, Bulletdog tries to convince Bulletman and Bulletgirl that a blind beggar's seeing-eye dog is involved (!), in a story by Shazam co-creator Otto Binder and Torchy artist Bill Ward. Captain Marvel, Jr. Gets Bottled Up; For the Master Mind; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: The Savage Custom; Bulletman: Blind Man's Bluff; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Hole Holiday; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Shopworn; Kanvasback: History Making Reply; Hopalong Cassidy: Beyond the Law. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #103
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 103
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, and Howard Boughner. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr., Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Capt. Marvel Jr. visits a suburban town populated by rehabilitated criminals he has captured, but one Anonymous Crook wants to take down Crooks Anonymous. Tom Mix does double duty as a bodyguard when two prospectors hire him to make sure they don't kill each other. Bulletman and Bulletgirl are captured by an arms dealer who is selling stolen bombs to Central American dictatorships. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Anonymous Crook!; Colonel Corn & Korny Kobb: Delirious Dairy Farmers; Nyoka: The Ivory Tusks Murders; Dizzy Daisy; Bulletman: The Vanishing Bombs; Zuzu the Zoo Keeper: Monkey Sees; Spud and Bud; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Pilfered Painting, or, Bloobstutter Boils About His Oils; Muscle Hedd; Tom Mix: Golden Treachery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #108
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 108
    • Pedigree: Crowley
    • Crowley Copy.
    • Label #0083590006

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr. Capt. Marvel Jr. runs afoul of a prankster whose jokes are deadly serious. Jungle queen Nyoka gets caught up in the search for onyx statues and must evade a deadly tar pit. After a cyclone destroys City Hall, Western hero Tom Mix helps lead the effort to rebuild, but a crooked contractor plans to swindle the town with shoddy materials and pocket the difference. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring the original Captain Marvel (Shazam), Captain Marvel, Jr., and Mary Marvel. Capt. Marvel Jr.: Deathly Humor!; Muscle Hedd Hasn't a License!; Nyoka: The Mystery of the Jungle Tar Pit; Dizzy Daisy; Vacuum Bloobstutter in the Lion's Den; Tom Mix: Concrete Death; Bunkhouse Baraby. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #113
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 113
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #0008872-AC-007

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Kurt Schaffenberger, Henry Kiefer, Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Fawcett's showcase for comics covers the humor, Western, adventure and superhero genres, featuring Captain Marvel Jr. An escaped convict hides out in a secret compartment underneath a suburban house where even the owner can't find him, in a story (and cover) with art by longtime Superman artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Action girl Nyoka learns a secret that will change the mind of tribal chieftain Noma...if she lives long enough to reveal it. Western hero Tom Mix encounters outlaws who arrange fatal accidents for popular townspeople, then make off with the money the town raises for the family's benefit. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Strange House!; Muscle Hedd; Nyoka: The Lost Brother; Pilot Pete Gives the Bird; Ozzie and Babs: Coiffure Craziness!; Dizzy Daisy; Ben the Business Man; Marlow the Marshal; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Flicker Fools; Vacuum Bloobstutter: No Holes Barred; Poetic Pete; Tom Mix: The Case of the Sheriff's Misfortune. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #118
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 118
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Crowley Copy.
    • Label #0083590016

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Bill Ward, Howard Boughner, Henry Kiefer, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. Sivana Jr. enlists circus performer Rubberface, who can look like anyone, to impersonate Capt. Marvel Jr. and cause trouble for his enemy. On the legendary Big Rock Candy Mountain, Mother Mirth uses a magic wand to create a homeless children's paradise, but criminals want the wand for themselves. Capt. Marvel Jr. and His Worthiest Opponent; Mary Marvel and the Big Rock Candy Mountain!; Dizzy Daisy Gets Her Exercise!; Nyoka the Jungle Girl and The Path of Doom; Ozzie and Babs and The Poisonality Boy!; Tom Mix and the Twin Oaks Mystery! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #120
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 120
    • Paper: Off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #1256342006

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Bill Ward, Henry Kiefer, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. The devil restores youth to an aging criminal for 12 hours, so he can commit one last job. Everyman "Joe Blow" faces life's little foibles. Western hero Tom Mix knows that Pop Meeks knows who robbed the Dobie general store, but Pop doesn't dare tell who it was. Also featuring vintage ads for Tootsie Roll, " Falling Timber," (by Bill Schreiber) and Ringling Brothers Circus Dog Training (!). Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Devil's Doom; Joe Blow: The Big Blow; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: The Tomb of Wrath; Ozzie: Musical Madness; Vacuum Bloobstutter: The Ringer; Tom Mix: The Unsuspected. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #122
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 122

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. Captain Marvel, Jr. tries to find out what mysterious force turned the entire ocean the consistency of molasses. Jungle queen Nyoka stalks a pack of jackals that have switched to hunting humans. Western hero Tom Mix wants to find out what killed the horses at Mr. Snowfield's rodeo. Capt. Marvel Jr. Battles the Water Crime; Muscle Hedd; Nyoka the Jungle Girl: The Mad Jackal Menace; Ozzie: The Winkleville Manhunt; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Wrestling Tonight; Tom Mix: The Mystery Ailment. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #128
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 128

    Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger. The Panther Man's Trap, art by Bill Ward; Captain Marvel, Jr. vs. The Panther Man. In the Big Time text story by John C. Adler. The Dancing Statues starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl. Horse Holiday starring Ozzie. The Strong Box Mystery, pencils by Carl Pfeufer, inks by John Jordan; Tom Mix is called in by Matt Collinge to get to the bottom of how gold dust keeps getting stolen right under their noses while being transported to the essayers office; When Tom arrives he finds a posse, led by Zeke Ezzard, about to hang on Lewis, the driver of the stagecoach taking the gold dust to the essayer's office; Tom stops the hanging and sets about finding out how the gold dust is stolen and who is stealing it. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #133
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 133
    • 3.5" Interior page tear.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk, Clem Weisbecker, Dick Dillin, Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. A discredited Civil War soldier returns from the grave, or so it seems, and Captain Marvel, Jr. is determined to get to the bottom of it. Tough soldier Bill Battle and his company are ordered to the front lines in Korea by General "Iron Pants" Rowley, and that's just fine for Bill Battle. Western hero Tom Mix investigates after a white man kills a Native so he can provide gold nuggets to the sinister Evil Eye Doggin. This final issue of the series features horror and war elements (as seen on the cover), two hallmarks of 1950s American comics. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Living Dead; Dizzy Daisy; Muscle Hedd; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Mystery in the Sky; Ozzie and Babs: Easy Money; Tom Mix: Evil Eye Doggin's Revenge! Bill Battle: The Biggest Brass There Is! Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.