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Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) comic books 1950-1952

  • 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.