Publishers / Fawcett / Master Comics (1940) / #38

38May 5, 1943
$0.10

Master Comics #38

Fawcett · May 5, 1943 · on sale 1943-04-07

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Series: Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue: #38
Publication date: May 5, 1943
Key date: 1943-05-05
On-sale date: 1943-04-07
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	America's New Secret Weapon	cover	1	pencils: Mac Raboy; inks: Mac Raboy	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
1	In This Issue	table of contents	1
2	The Secret Weapon	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Mac Raboy; inks: Mac Raboy	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; the Nazis (villains)
3	The Comedy of Crime!	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Binder Studio; inks: Binder Studio	Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Rednose the Terrible (villain, introduction)
4	Minute Man Battles Hata Hari	comic story	13	pencils: Phil Bard; inks: Phil Bard	Minute Man [Jack Weston]; Hata Hari (first appearance; villain)
5	Chapter X: Rendezvous with Thunder	text story	3	script: Joseph Millard [as Joseph J. Millard]; pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset	Hoodoo Hannigan
6	Water + Oil = Death	comic story	11	script: Bert Whitman; pencils: Bert Whitman; inks: Bert Whitman
7	Hopalong Cassidy Campaigns against Death	comic story	7	pencils: Ralph Carlson; inks: Ralph Carlson	Hopalong Cassidy; Topper (horse); Mesquite (deputy); Jad Kile (gunman); Ace Drogan (villain)

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Sources

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