Master Comics Explained

Schedule:Monthly
Format:Anthology
Publisher:Fawcett Comics
Date:Mar. 1940 – Apr. 1953
Issues:133
Main Char Team:Captain Marvel, Jr.
Bulletman
Minute-Man
Master Man
Genre:Superhero

Master Comics is a monthly ongoing comic book anthology series that began its 133-issue run (cover dated March 1940 – April 1953) during the 1930s and 1940s period known as the Golden Age of Comic Books.[1] Published by Fawcett Comics, it contained features starring superhero characters including Master Man, in the first six issues only, Bulletman, Minute-Man, and its best-known character, Captain Marvel, Jr., part of the lighthearted Marvel Family.[2]

Publisher

Master Comics was also the name of an unrelated comic book publishing company that produced one series, the 24-issue horror comic Dark Mysteries (July 1951 - July 1955).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Benton . Mike . Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History . 1992 . Taylor Publishing Company . Dallas . 0-87833-808-X . 1 April 2020 . 172.
  2. http://www.comics.org/series/185/ Master Comics
  3. http://www.comics.org/publisher/218/ Master Comics