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Publishers / Fawcett / America's Greatest Comics (1941) / #8
8Summer 1943
$0.15

America's Greatest Comics #8

Fawcett · Summer 1943 · on sale June 4, 1943

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Identification plate

Series
America's Greatest Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
Summer 1943
Key date
July 1943
On-sale date
June 4, 1943
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
100

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: Pete CostanzaJim Albright, Alan Armstrong, Billy Batson, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Captain Midnight, Freddy Freeman, Golden Arrow, Roger Parsons, Spy Smasher
1Table of Contentstable of contents1
2Captain Marvel Plays Baseball On Marscomic story19pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. BeckCaptain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Martians (introduction); Dr. Pzzphz (introduction); General Hddy (introduction); Stostas (introduction)
3-comic story1
4The Race Around the Worldcomic story15Jim Albright, Alan Armstrong, Captain Midnight, Spy Smasher
5Meets Judge Lynchcomic story13inks: Pete RissBulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Voss; Judge Lynch (villain, introduction, death)
6Flowers of Deathtext story2script: Joseph J. Millard
7The Filming of Spy Smasher's Downfallcomic story16script: Otto BinderJosef Goebbels (villain); Hans (villain, a Spy Smasher double); Nazis (villain)
8The Feud That Fizzledcomic story13pencils: Louis Cazeneuve, Dave Berg; inks: Louis Cazeneuve, Dave BergBart Gonifer (villain, introduction)
9Meets Mr. Morpheuscomic story12Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Kurt; Mr. Morpheus (villain, introduction)

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Series context

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