Master Comics #25 is an issue of the series Master Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1942.
Synopsis for Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Case of the Face In the Dark!"
Appearing in Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Case of the Face In the Dark!"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- two Axis spies (Both die)
- Snaiki-Yaiki
- Japanese Air Force
Other Characters:
- small boy
- birthday party children
- U.S. soldiers
Locations:
- New York City
- Alaska
- U.S. Army Base
Vehicles:
- hundreds of Japanese bombers (many destroyed)
Synopsis for Bulletman: "Tooth For a Clue"
Appearing in Bulletman: "Tooth For a Clue"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- La Fette, jewel smuggler
- his gang
Other Characters:
- New Orleans Police
Locations:
- New York City
- New Orleans Area, February 22nd, 1942
- Waterfront
- Swamp
- Underwater Cave
- Underwater Cave
Synopsis for Minute-Man: "The Vaudevillains"
Appearing in Minute-Man: "The Vaudevillains"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- General Milton
- U.S. Army Intelligence, G-2
Antagonists:
- Vaudevillains
- Contortionist
- Juggler
- Pickpocket
Other Characters:
- Slim, U.S. Army Tank Corps
- Herbert, U.S. Army
- Pvt. Waters, U.S. Army
Locations:
- Washington, D.C. Area
- Camp Blaine
- Oceanfront
Vehicles:
- U.S. Army Tank
- Milton's Staff Car
Synopsis for El Carim: "The Kid Kids the Kidnappers"
Appearing in El Carim: "The Kid Kids the Kidnappers"
Featured Characters
Supporting Characters:
- Gladys, El Carim's Assistant
Antagonists:
- Snatch Morgan
- his kidnap gang
Other Characters:
- Percy Van Dyke
Locations:
- Washington, D.C. Area
- Van Dyke Estate
- nearby old mill
Synopsis for Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal: "Buck Jones Turns Bandit"
Appearing in Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal: "Buck Jones Turns Bandit"
Featured Characters
Supporting Characters:
- Mesquite Mike, Chief Deputy
- Posse, six guys
Antagonists:
- Wayne Boys, robbers
- Jim Wayne
- Wayne
- Silver Joe
- Whiskey Sam
- five others
Other Characters:
- train passengers
- train crew
- Watusa, cook
Locations:
- American Old West
- Kansas City (Mentioned only)
- Rigdon Hotel (Mentioned only)
- Dallman's Tunnel
- Big Savage County, Arizona
- Kansas City (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
- 19th-century passenger train
Synopsis for Companions Three: "The Vaults of Villa Castillo"
Appearing in Companions Three: "The Vaults of Villa Castillo"
Featured Characters
- Companions Three
- Don
- Spike
- Nifty
Antagonists:
- Franco Forzo, President
- his lieutenants
Other Characters:
- President Alvarez
- Panchita Alvarez
- rebellious mob of Castillanos
Locations:
- Castillo, in Latin America, south of the Equator
- City of Castillo, beside a lake
- Villa Castillo
Vehicles:
- rowboat
Notes
- Published monthly by Fawcett Publications, Inc. 68 pages.
- First issue for Ken Battefield art on Buck Jones. Ralph Carlson returns next issue.
- Bulletman:
- This story is set in New Orleans on Mardi Gras Parade day, which in 1942 was on Feb 22nd.
- Bulletgirl, in her helmet, is head-konked unconscious, with a club.
- Bulletgirl, in a melee, can sling an alligator around like a flail, with one hand, so evidently she's been taking the same vitamins as Jim.
- Captain Marvel, Jr.:
- "The Case of the Face in the Dark!" is reprinted in Shazam Family Archives, Volume 1.
- Freddy Freeman's Diary is used as a framing device, to open and close the story, for the first time of many.
- In Companions Three, Don gets head-konked unconscious, with a piece of pipe.
- Also featured in this issue of Master Comics were:
- "A Five-Star Hit!" (full-page black-&-white ad for the current issue of America's Greatest Comics #2)
- "The Ring-Master Presents:" (Table of Contents)
- "America's At War" (full-page full-color ad for the current issue of Spy Smasher #4)
- "Coming Up!" (1/3-page color ad for the current issue of Bulletman #5)
- "A Giant of Entertainment!" (full-page full-color ad for Gift Comics, 324 pages!)
- "These Are Enemy Planes -- Watch Out For Them! (silhouettes of 8 Axis warplanes)
- "Bandit Off Balance" (text story), by Juan Lopez
- "You Asked For Them!" (full-page black-&-white ad for the current issue of Whiz Comics #29)
Trivia
- El Carim's assistant Gladys' hair was brown last issue but now is black.
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)
Links and References
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