Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 108
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$440.00
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- 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.