Master Comics #23 Values

Publisher: Fawcett, 1942

About Master Comics #23

First solo Captain Marvel Jr. story. Captain Marvel fights Captain Nazi. The second Captain Marvel Jr. cover appearance. Mac Raboy cover. Raboy, George Tuska, and Ken Battlefield art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Shazam

Pencils: Mac Raboy

Inks: Mac Raboy

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; President Franklin D. Roosevelt (cameo); Rastus (chauffeur); Herr Burke (death); Captain Nazi [Albrecht Krieger] (villain)

Synopsis: Captain Nazi kills an underground British agent, attends a secret conference meeting, and then sets out to kill the President of the United States before Captain Marvel Jr. can stop him.

Pages: 13.000

Pencils: Mac Raboy

Inks: Mac Raboy

Notes: Freddy becomes a newsboy in this story. The last panel on page 13 gives the title of next issues' Captain Marvel Jr. story: "Death By Radio".

Title: The Weeper

Characters: Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; The Weeper [Mortimer Gloom] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The Flying Detectives face a circus performer, formerly known as the Crying Clown or Weeping Willie, who has been fired for dishonesty and now is carrying out revenge crimes.

Pages: 14.000

Script: Henry Perkins ?

Pencils: Binder studio

Inks: Binder studio

Notes: The last tier of panels is an illustrated ad for the next issue of Bulletman Comics. The Weeper was created by Henry Perkins.

Title: Arizona Bound

Characters: Buck Jones; Silver (horse); Mesquite Mike (deputy); Joe; Ruth (stage line owner); Aunt Miranda; Taggert (crook)

Synopsis: Taggert is behind the robbings and killings on the stage line, and he will try to take over the line for himself.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Ralph Carlson

Inks: Ralph Carlson

Notes: Adapted from the movie, "Arizona Bound." Carlson is best recognized by his horses with long narrow, tapering heads and often with front legs stretched out like a rocking horse, or a very high lift of the legs.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	7	3	0	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	32
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Total	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	8	3	0	3	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	39

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