Master Comics

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Master Comics
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Captain Marvel, Jr., from Master Comics #30 (Sept. 1942). Cover art by Mac Raboy.
Publication information
Publisher Fawcett Comics
Schedule Monthly
Format Anthology
Genre Superhero
Publication date Mar. 1940 – Apr. 1953
Number of issues 133
Main character(s) Captain Marvel, Jr.
Bulletman
Minute-Man
Master Man

Master Comics was 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. 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.[1]

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).[2]

References

  1. Master Comics at the Grand Comics Database
  2. Master Comics (publisher) at the Grand Comics Database

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