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:
- Captain Nazi (Apparent Death)
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:
- Gravity Regulator Helmets
- Weeper's Poison Powder
- Weeper's Hypnotic Dope
- Giant Copper Coffin
Vehicles:
- Weeper's Hearse
Synopsis for Minute Man: "The Walking Dead Man"
Appearing in Minute Man: "The Walking Dead Man"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- General Milton
- U.S. Army Intelligence, G-2
- Sgt. Smear
- Pvt. Weston's Platoon
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:
- American Old West
- Arizona
- Big Savage County
- Eagle Pass
- Mesa City
- Wells Fargo Office
- Taggert's Saloon
- Arizona
Vehicles:
- Stagecoach
Synopsis for Companions Three: "Battle With the Kraken"
Appearing in Companions Three: "Battle With the Kraken"
Featured Characters
- Companions Three
- Don
- Spike
- Nifty
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.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Marvel Family Recommended Reading
- Whiz Comics (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel Adventures (Volume 1)
- Captain Marvel, Jr. (Volume 1)
- Mary Marvel (Volume 1)
- Master Comics (Volume 1)
- Wow Comics (Volume 1)
- The Marvel Family (Volume 1)
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The New Beginning (Volume 1)
- The Power of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder (Volume 1)
- Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil (Volume 1)
- The Trials of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 2)
- Shazam! (Volume 3)
- Shazam! (Volume 4)
- The New Champion of Shazam! (Volume 1)
- Shazam! (Volume 5)