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Publication | February 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam |
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Contents | The Ring Master Presents (1 page) |
Credits | Pencils: Various | Inks: Various |
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Synopsis | Captain Nazi kills an underground British agent, attends a secret conference meeting, and then sets out to kill the President of the United States before Captain Marvel Jr. can stop him. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; President Franklin D. Roosevelt (cameo); Rastus (chauffeur); Herr Burke (death); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain) |
Notes | Freddy becomes a newsboy in this story.
The last panel on page 13 gives the title of next issues' Captain Marvel Jr. story: "Death By Radio". |
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Comic Story | The Weeper (14 pages) |
Synopsis | The Flying Detectives face a circus performer, formerly known as the Crying Clown or Weeping Willie, who has been fired for dishonesty and now is carrying out revenge crimes. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; The Weeper [Mortimer Gloom] (villain, introduction) |
Notes | The last tier of panels is an illustrated ad for the next issue of Bulletman Comics.
The Weeper was created by Henry Perkins. |
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Comic Story | Minute Man and the Walking Dead Man (8 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Minute Man [Jack Weston] |
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Comic Story | See the Freaks Free (7 pages) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: El Carim |
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Comic Story | Barney (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Barney |
Notes | This is the only story with Barney as the feature I can find at Fawcett. Therefore, I propose "Barney" is the title, not the feature. |
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Comic Story | Arizona Bound (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Taggert is behind the robbings and killings on the stage line, and he will try to take over the line for himself. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Joe; Ruth (stage line owner); Aunt Miranda; Taggert (crook) |
Notes | Adapted from the movie, "Arizona Bound."
Carlson is best recognized by his horses with long narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse, or a very high lift of the legs. |
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Comic Story | Attila (1 page) |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History |
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Text Story | Double for Death (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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Comic Story | Battle with the Kraken (8 pages) |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Companions Three [Don; Nifty; Spike] |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | On the bottom of a house-ad page. |
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