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79May 1947
$0.10

Master Comics #79

Fawcett · May 1947 · on sale 1947-03-12

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Series
Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue
#79
Publication date
May 1947
Key date
1947-05-00
On-sale date
1947-03-12
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Black Shroudcover1pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud ThompsonCaptain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; The Black Shroud
1In This Issueforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1
2The Black Shroudcomic story7Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
3The Big Salecomic story2pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayeColonel Corn; Korny Kobb
4The Daffy Desperadoescomic story9Bulletman [Jim Barr]
5Shown Upcomic story1pencils: Ken Champin; inks: Ken ChampinLumber Jack; camp foreman
6Headhunters' Havencomic story6Nyoka; Uncle Safar; Dr. Gordon
7-comic story0.67pencils: Bill Brady; inks: Bill BradyTumbleweed Jr.; un-named teacher
8For the Master Mindactivity0.33
9Hear Some Evil, See Some Eviltext story2script: John BroomeBill Haenigson (hotel detective); Joe Minton; Mr. Feeley (hotel clerk); Wimple [The Black-Haired Bandit] (villain, bell-boy)
10The Case of the Missing Stampscomic story5.67pencils: Dick Mc Kay; inks: Dick Mc KayRichard Richard (private detective); Ah Choo (Richard's assistant); Flub Dub (Richard's assistant, a talking dog); a street peddler (villain)
11The Milky Waycomic story1Teddy; Betsy (a cow)
12The Death-Dealing Playboycomic story9Radar [Pep Pepper]; un-named Secretary of State; H. Borass (Salibian delegate); Sikir the Great (villain, fake Borass); The Playboy (villain); Ray Russ (villain); Joe (villain, a bartender)

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

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