Object Details
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Description
- America’s Greatest Comics issue No. 2 was published by Fawcett Publications, Inc. February through May of 1942 and sold for 15 cents. The cover features the superhero Captain Marvel bursting through a star, surrounded by Bulletman, Minute-Man, Spy Smasher and Mr. Scarlet.
- This issue features the stories of: Captain Marvel reforming a wayward group of street tough boys; Bulletman and Bulletgirl battling the Black Rat; Minute-Man defeating the Black Poet; Spy Smasher foiling a Japanese plan to ruin a Spy Smasher movie; and Mr. Scarlet and Pinky unravelling the plot of counterfeiters.
- 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
- 2013.0086.005
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.005
- accession number
- 2013.0086
- Object Name
- comic book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 10 in; 19.05 cm x 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Greenwich
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Comic Books
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Comics
- Record ID
- nmah_1446175
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-d592-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
