Master Comics #21 for Sale - First Appearance of Captain Nazi - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue: #21
Publication date: December 1941
Key date: 1941-12-00
On-sale date: 1941-11-05
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Captain Nazi - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Albrecht Krieger - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Mac Raboy; inks: Mac Raboy	Jim Barr, Billy Batson, Bulletman, Captain Marvel, Captain Nazi First, Albrecht Krieger First
2	The Coming of Captain Nazi	comic story	14.66	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Mac Raboy; inks: Mac Raboy	Alan Armstrong, Jim Barr, Billy Batson, Bulletgirl, Bulletman, Captain Marvel, Captain Nazi First, Adolf Hitler, Susan Kent, Albrecht Krieger First, Minute-Man, Spy Smasher, Jack Weston
3	Are You a Member of the Captain Marvel Club?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: C. C. Beck; inks: C. C. Beck	Billy Batson, Captain Marvel
4	The Black Dragon Society	comic story	10	pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles Sultan	Minute-Man, Jack Weston
5	V Stands for Victory	text story	2	script: Manly Wade Wellman
6	The Curse of the Balandrachu	comic story	7	pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska	El Carim
7	The Goat People and the Dragon	comic story	7	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Rafael Astarita; inks: Rafael Astarita	Captain Venture; King Leon (villain)
8	The Peacemakers	comic story	8	pencils: Kin Platt; inks: Kin Platt	The Companions Three [Don; Spike; Nifty]
9	The Landers-Benson Range War	comic story	7	pencils: Ralph Carlson; inks: Ralph Carlson	Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Benson (rancher); Landers (rancher)
10	Black Giant, the Man from the Grave	comic story	7	pencils: Mac Raboy; inks: Mac Raboy	Zoro

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Flashback #18	1974	On eBay ›
The Shazam! Archives #4 ISBN 1-4012-0160-1	2004	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #80	2009	On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #2021 of 133#22 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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