Object Details
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Description
- America’s Greatest Comics issue No. 4 was published by Fawcett Publications, Inc. August through November 1942 and sold for 15 cents. The cover features image of Captain Marvel, Spy Smasher and Bulletman aboard the wing of a propeller plane.
- This issue features the stories of: Captain Marvel foiling the mad scientists Sivana’s attempt to marry off his daughter to an old man under the effect of a reverse-aging potion; Spy Smasher battling the Japanese in the Pacific Islands; Bulletman capturing the gangster Honest John Black and his blackout gas; Minute-Man unraveling the plot of Malva Stone to age and kill women with a face cream; Mr. Scarlet defeating the Dean of the College of Crime Max Mugg; and Commando Yank rescuing General Ruyendahl from Nazi occupied Holland.
- Issues of America’s Greatest Comics included several stories, each featuring a different hero, within its 100 page full color book. The superheroes featured in these comics were the most popular characters of Fawcett Publications who also appeared in other comics.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
- 1942
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.007
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.007
- accession number
- 2013.0086
- Object Name
- comic book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 26.035 cm
- place made
- United States: Kentucky, Louisville
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Comic Books
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Comics
- Record ID
- nmah_1446177
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-d594-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
