Master Comics #97 for Sale - First Appearance of Sheriff Mike Shaw - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series)
Issue: #97
Publication date: November 1948
Key date: 1948-11-00
On-sale date: 1948-09-10
Indicia publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sheriff Mike Shaw - 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	Capt. Marvel Jr. Faces the Doubting Thomas	cover	1	pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
1	Contents Page	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bud Thompson; inks: Bud Thompson	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]
2	The Doubting Thomas Doubter	comic story	9	pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Shazam; Thomas Doubter (introduction; temporarily gains Captain Marvel, Jr.'s powers)
4	Boosted	comic story	0.5		Lumber Jack
5	Dizzy Daisy Remembers	comic story	0.5	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner	Dizzy Daisy
6	Nature's Murderer!	comic story	7	script: Rod Reed; pencils: Al Jetter; inks: Al Jetter	Nyoka; Steve Hagen; Michael Hagen (villain)
8	For the Master Mind	activity	0.67
9	Monte Hale	illustration	0.33		Monte Hale
10	Dressed to Kill!	comic story	7	pencils: Bill Ward; inks: Bill Ward	Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
12	Employment Escapade	comic story	4		Colonel Corn; Korny Kobb
13	The Hole Problem	text story	2	script: Rod Reed	Vacuum Bloobstutter
14	Window Shopping	comic story	0.5	script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner	Dizzy Daisy
15	Two-Faced	comic story	0.5		Lumber Jack
16	Suspected	comic story	8	pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: John Jordan	Tom Mix, Sheriff Mike Shaw First, Tony

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Golden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special #1	2001	On eBay ›
Tom Mix Holiday Album #1	1990	On eBay ›
Rocketman Special Ashcan Edition #1	1995	On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #81	2010	On eBay ›
Roy Rogers Western Movie Hero 100th Anniversary Special	2011	On eBay ›
Western Treasury #3	2019	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

‹ #9697 of 133#98 ›

Sources

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

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