Publishers / Fawcett / Master Comics (1940) / #61
61May 1945
$0.10

Master Comics #61

Fawcett · May 1945 · on sale 1945

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Series
Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue
#61
Publication date
May 1945
Key date
1945-05-00
On-sale date
1945
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud ThompsonCaptain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Radar [Pep Pepper] (inset)
2Contents Pagetable of contents1pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typesetCaptain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Freddy Freeman; Radar [Pep Pepper] (inset); Captain Marvel [Billy Bastson] (inset)
3The Jap Bargain Peacecomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Carreño; inks: Al CarreñoRadar [Pep Pepper]; United Nations H.Q. representatives [Trent (United States); Sir Cooke (England); Mynheer van Doone (Holland]; Manuel Kanno (Philippine underground member); Filipino guerillas; Slugger Sloane (villain, American gangster, black marketeer); un-named American gangsters (all die); The
5The Terrible Tiara: Part 3: Flames of Fearcomic story6script: Rod Reed; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack SparlingNyoka Gordon; Joe (worker); Dr. Harry Gordon (Nyoka's father); Natalie Goldmine (wealthy owner of the tiara); Police Captain; Count Goldmine (villain, Natalie's husband); Goldmine's accomplices (villains)
7The Prophetic Press!comic story5pencils: Jack Binder; inks: Jack BinderBulletman [Jim Barr]; Sergeant Kent; J. Bilyus (newspaper publisher); Marc Connors (villain, city housing builder, death); Alderman Coates (villain, Connor's partner, death); Egan (villain, newspaper editor)
8Hoodoo Hannigan: Chapter 33: Three Stout Heartstext story2script: Joseph J. MillardHoodoo Hannigan; Dawn Wade; Bill Anderson (guerilla leader, mention only); The Japanese (villains)
9Captain Marvel, Jr. Meets Uncle Marvelcomic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud ThompsonCaptain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Uncle Marvel [Dudley, first name unrevealed]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (image only); Balloon Manufacturer Partnership [Henry J. Blair; Robert Shaw; John Moon (mention only); Peter McWiddle (villain)]; McWiddle's hired gunman (villain)

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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