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"Captain Marvel, Jr.: "Captain Nazi's Assassination Plot"": Captain Nazi murders a group of undercover British agents, and finds a note revealing the current whereabouts of FDR. The villain attempts to intercept the president's train and assassinate him. Captain Marvel Junior thwarts him, and pu

Master Comics #23 is an issue of the series Master Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1942.

Synopsis for Captain Marvel, Jr.: "Captain Nazi's Assassination Plot"

Captain Nazi murders a group of undercover British agents, and finds a note revealing the current whereabouts of FDR. The villain attempts to intercept the president's train and assassinate him. Captain Marvel Junior thwarts him, and punches Captain Naz off a high bridge to land, unconscious, in a body of water, where he sinks from sight.

Appearing in Captain Marvel, Jr.: "Captain Nazi's Assassination Plot"

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • old news vendor
  • Rastus, Burke's chauffeur
  • Burke, British Agent (Dies)
    • three Allied agents (Dies)
  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Cameo)
    • his retinue
  • Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) (Cover only)
  • Shazam (Cover only)

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Burke's limousine
  • "Blue Light Special" passenger train, from Chicago


Synopsis for Bulletman: "The Weeper"


Appearing in Bulletman: "The Weeper"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Weeper (First appearance)
    • his ten Bitter Men: Joe, others

Other Characters:

  • Peppo the Clown (Dies)

Locations:

  • New York City
    • Police Headquarters
    • Circus
  • Gloomdale
    • Weeping Willow Farm (a cemetery)

Items:

Vehicles:

  • Weeper's Hearse

Synopsis for Minute Man: "The Walking Dead Man"


Appearing in Minute Man: "The Walking Dead Man"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Killer Mills (Dies)
  • Mills' Twin Brother

Other Characters:

  • Judge Kalo (Dies)
  • Abbot, Kalo's friend
  • District Attorney Matson
  • Cops
  • Prison Guards

Locations:

  • Washington, D.C. Area
    • Courthouse
    • U.S. Army Camp
    • Prison
    • Kalo's house
    • Matson's house

Synopsis for El Carim: "Set the Freaks Free"


Appearing in El Carim: "Set the Freaks Free"

Featured Characters

Supporting Characters:

  • Gladys, El Carim's Secretary

Antagonists:

  • robbery gang: Plugger, others

Other Characters:

  • Mr. & Mrs. Van Snooder

Locations:

  • Branbury Charity Fair

Synopsis for Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal: "Arizona Bound"

Based on the movie Arizona Bound.

Appearing in Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal: "Arizona Bound"

Featured Characters

Supporting Characters:

  • Mesquite Mike, Chief Deputy

Antagonists:

  • Taggert
    • Pete, robber
    • Mack, robber
    • Red, henchman

Other Characters:

  • Joe, Stage Driver (wounded)
  • Ruth, Stage Line Manager
  • Aunt Miranda
  • "Parson" Bat Madison

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Stagecoach

Synopsis for Companions Three: "Battle With the Kraken"


Appearing in Companions Three: "Battle With the Kraken"

Featured Characters

Antagonists:

  • Kraken-hunting captain (Dies)
    • his cutthroat crew: Gat, Clarence, others
  • Dr. Hemmer

Other Characters:

  • Lana Lee, secretary

Animals:

  • immense octopus (Dies)

Locations:

  • the ocean

Vehicles:

  • sailboat
  • trawler
  • motor launch

Notes

  • Published monthly by Fawcett Publications, Inc. 68 pages.
  • Unconfirmed editorial credit attributed to Ed "France" Herron. After this issue, GCD lists Herron as editor, without the added question mark.
  • Captain Marvel, Jr.
    • Captain Nazi's Assassination Plot is reprinted in Shazam Family Archives, Volume 1.
    • Freddy first gets into the newspaper vending business in this issue.
    • Freddy changes identities right in front of Captain Nazi, and is still the same size and has the same face, but Captain Nazi is confused about where he came from.
    • Captain Nazi survives and escapes, again, and will return in Master Comics #26.
  • Companions Three:
    • Unconfirmed art credit attributed to Kin Platt.
  • In pursuit of some fleeing robbers, "El Carim does his famous prehistoric frog jump."
  • Also featured in this issue of Master Comics were:
    • full-page black-&-white ad for Whiz Comics inside front cover
    • "The Ring-Master Presents ..." (Table of Contents)
    • 1/3-page ad announcing the promotion of Bulletman from quarterly to bi-monthly publication.
    • full-page full-color ad for the current issue of Minute Man #3
    • Barney
    • Famous Blitzkriegs of the Past: "Attila"
    • "Double for Death" (text story) by Joseph J. Millard
    • 2/3-page full-color ad for the "Live Wire Library" editions of Spy Smasher, Minute-Man, Bulletman, and Captain Marvel, 192 pages apiece, ten cents.
    • Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.



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