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"Captain Marvel, Jr.: "The Case of the Face In the Dark!"": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

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!"


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  • hundreds of Japanese bombers (many destroyed)


Synopsis for Bulletman: "Tooth For a Clue"


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  • La Fette, jewel smuggler
    • his gang

Other Characters:

  • New Orleans Police

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Synopsis for Minute-Man: "The Vaudevillains"


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  • Vaudevillains
    • Contortionist
    • Juggler
    • Pickpocket

Other Characters:

  • Slim, U.S. Army Tank Corps
  • Herbert, U.S. Army
  • Pvt. Waters, U.S. Army

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  • 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"

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  • Gladys, El Carim's Assistant

Antagonists:

  • Snatch Morgan
    • his kidnap gang

Other Characters:

  • Percy Van Dyke

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Synopsis for Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal: "Buck Jones Turns Bandit"


Appearing in Buck Jones, Frontier Marshal: "Buck Jones Turns Bandit"

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  • 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

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  • 19th-century passenger train

Synopsis for Companions Three: "The Vaults of Villa Castillo"


Appearing in Companions Three: "The Vaults of Villa Castillo"

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  • 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.


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