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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.
    • 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.
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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
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    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
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2024276016
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    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 #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 #38
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 38

    Cover art by Mac Raboy. The Secret Weapon, script by Otto Binder, art by Mac Raboy; Captain Marvel, Jr. battles Nazis. The Comedy of Crime, script by Otto Binder; Bulletman vs. Rednose. Minute Man Battles Hata Hari, art by Phil Bard. Hoodoo Hannigan: Ch. 10: Rendezvous With Thunder text story by Joseph J. Millard. Water + Oil = Death starring Balbo, Boy Magician, art by Bert Whitman. Hopalong Cassidy Campaigns Against Death, art by Ralph Carlson; Drogan plans to get one of his gunmen elected as sheriff. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #40
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 40
    • 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 #52
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 52
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Centerfold Detached.
    • Label #22-40C0498-047

    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. faces Captain Monster in a battle for the "Heroship of the world" - but Monster has stolen Marvel Jr.'s powers. Bulletman and Bulletgirl try to help Danny after he's framed for a bank robbery by Dr Charity. Superspy Radar uses his radar vision to masquerade as Baron von Gluck and infiltrate a Nazi stronghold in Switzerland. Plus a PSA for wartime paper rationing featuring Captain Marvel Jr. and Sivana. Captain Marvel Jr. vs. Captain Monster; Bulletman: The Crimes of Charity; Hoodoo Hannigan, Ch. XXIV: The Doom Wind; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl: The Death Rug; Radar: The Swiss Misadventure. 40 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #59
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 59
    • 6.25" Tear in centerfold.

    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 #78
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 78
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #22-40C0498-048

    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
    • Cover detached. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration. Cover and interior oxidation.
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    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 #88
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 88
    • 1.5" Spine split from top and tearing. Interior oxidation. Brittle.
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    Cover art by Bud Thompson. The Wreckers, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Captain Marvel, Jr. vs. Hammerhead. The Hidden Fear starring Nyoka the Jungle Girl, art by Bernie Krigstein. Bloobstutter's Bangtail Bonanza text story by Rod Reed. Uncle Jeeves' Arrival starring Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb, art by George Storm. The Dangerous Escape, art by Bill Ward and Charles Tomsey; While visiting the state prison, Jim and Susan learn of the escape of two desperate criminals, so Bulletman and Bulletgirl head into action to round them up. The Lost Case starring Richard Richard, Private Dick, script and art by Dick McKay. The Lucky Mistake, art by Irvin Steinberg; Two men kill the trapper Moose Bailey and steal his furs, and Hopalong goes after them in the snow. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #90
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 90
    Auction opens March 17
    • Water damage. Cover oxidation. Interior tearing.

    Cover by Bud Thompson. Stories and art by 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. Capt. Marvel Jr. must stop a caveman that's going on a rampage in the city. Nyoka tracks a rogue leopard through the jungle. Outlaws hijack a stagecoach full of sheriffs on their way to the sheriff's convention in Twin Rivers. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring the original Captain Marvel (Shazam), Captain Marvel, Jr., and Mary Marvel. Captain Marvel, Jr. Meets the Caveman!; Trader Tom; Lumber Jack; Nyoka: The Mad Leopard!; Bulletman: The Bear Scare!; Vacuum Bloobstutter's Initiation; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Golf Goofs; Freshman Freddy: X Marks the Spot; Hopalong Cassidy: The Sheriffs' Convention. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #94
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 94
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #0083550003

    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
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4424280012
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    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 #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
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    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 #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 #129
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 129

    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. encounters a race of mer-people, who, in grand comics tradition, wish to stay hidden from the surface world. Jungle queen Nyoka is captured by a pygmy tribe that hates outsiders, ever since their chief's ritual diamond necklace was stolen by an explorer. Western hero Tom Mix warns a rancher to move his herds out of the path of a flood, but the rancher has a hidden agenda. Captain Marvel Jr. and The Underwater Mountain Mystery; Willer the Driller: A Vacuum Bloobstutter Story; Ozzie: The Hot Rod Race of the Century; Nyoka, the Jungle Girl and the String of Pygmies; Muscle Hedd: A Big Creep!; Tom Mix: The Storm of Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #132
    Master Comics (1940 Fawcett) 132
    • .5" Spine split from bottom.

    Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Howard Boughner, Carl Pfeufer and John Jordan. Master Comics was one of the cornerstones of the Fawcett lineup during the 1940s. When Freddy Freeman finds a US Army canteen in the river containing maps of Korea, he realizes it has something to do with the War then going on in Korea. Nyoka helps police track a killer into the jungle, but he manages to trick them and strand them all on Whirlpool Island. The corrupt boss of a gambling casino wants to get rid of Western hero Tom Mix, but first he must discredit him, and a visiting virtuoso gives him just the thing. Capt. Marvel Jr.: The Note from Nowhere; Dizzy Daisy; Muscle Hedd; Vacuum Bloobstutter: Death Ray Gun; Nyoka: Whirlpool Island; College Boy Baxter; Ozzie: The Dirty White Lie; Tom Mix: The Command Performance. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.