Volume: 2
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-11-06
Editing: Bill Parker (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Master Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #9 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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Bulletman / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

[Boss Kizer's Political Power Play]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Bulletman / comic story / 9 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Sergeant Kent; District Attorney Jordan; Boss Kizer (villain, political racketeer); Kizer's gang (villains)
Synopsis:
District Attorney Jordan is running for Governor, but Boss Kizer is determined to first back Jordan for office, then use him to cover up for Kizer's illegal rackets.
Reprints (1)

[The Hijacked Bomber]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Devil's Dagger / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Ken Wyman, ace reporter [Devil's Dagger]; Mr. H (villain)

[Quest for Jimmie's Parents]
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El Carim / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Carl Formes (see notes)
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Sven Elven (see notes)
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Sven Elven (see notes)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
El Carim; The Duke (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Script and art credits by Michael D. Fraley per interviews with Sven Elven's widow and son-in-law and documents they provided. See article in Alter Ego #162 (January 2020).

[Captured by the Djungas]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Venture and the Planet Princess / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction
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Captain Venture; Djungas (first appearance, villain); King Leon (first appearance, villain)

Ghost of the Bad Lands
(Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages

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typeset

[The Drought of Doom]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Lee Granger, Jungle King / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:jungle
Characters:
Lee Granger; Eric (his pet lion)
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[Framed for Kidnapping]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Red Gaucho / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure
Characters:
The Red Gaucho

[Mark of the White Arrow]
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Buck Jones / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Santos Figaro (villain); McPherson (rancher)
Synopsis:
In compliance with a mysterious note, Buck heads for the saloon, baiting his trap for the unknown "White Arrow" who signed the note.

Indexer Notes

Battefield is credited on pencils and ink in the Devil's Dagger story in Master Comcs #8, and that art is similar to this story. The faces of the villains are exact matches, long chin, small eyes and long noses. Also notice the face in sideview in the Battefield scan on Jerry Bails' Who's Who from Target comics with pencils by Battefield, and from the same period.

[The Horned Masks]
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Zoro, the Mystery Man / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Zoro; Horned Masks (first appearance, villains); Horned Masks' leader (first appearance, villain, death)

Indexer Notes

The art here is very similar to Binder's signed stories like Cloud Curtis and Black Owl, especially the inking.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Bulletman
  2. [Boss Kizer's Political Power Play]
    Bulletman
  3. [The Hijacked Bomber]
    Devil's Dagger
  4. [Quest for Jimmie's Parents]
    El Carim
  5. [Captured by the Djungas]
    Captain Venture and the Planet Princess
  6. Ghost of the Bad Lands
  7. [The Drought of Doom]
    Lee Granger, Jungle King
  8. [Framed for Kidnapping]
    Red Gaucho
  9. [Mark of the White Arrow]
    Buck Jones
  10. [The Horned Masks]
    Zoro, the Mystery Man
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Kyle "The Dagger" Sullivan
  • Jim Van Dore
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