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87January 1948
$0.10

Master Comics #87

Fawcett · January 1948 · on sale 1947-11-12

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Series
Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue
#87
Publication date
January 1948
Key date
1948-01-00
On-sale date
1947-11-12
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Root of Evil!cover1pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud ThompsonCaptain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
1In This Issueforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1Captain Marvel Jr.
2The Root of Evil!comic story9pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud ThompsonCaptain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Daniel Zarno (first appearance)
3E-Z Does it!comic story0.5script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner
4Lumber Jack Doesn't Get to the Topcomic story0.5
6The Lion Hunters' Club!!comic story7
7Monkey Businesscomic story4
8The Juvenile Delinquentscomic story6.67pencils: Charlie Tomsey; inks: Charlie TomseyBulletman [Jim Barr]
9Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
10Bloobstutter and the Burglarstext story2script: Rod ReedVacuum Bloobstutter
11The Short Voyagecomic story4
12The Invaders from Space!!comic story7.67pencils: Ken Battefield; inks: Ken BattefieldRadar
13Tom Mixillustration0.33Tom Mix

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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