''Master Comics'' is a monthly ongoing

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series that began its 133-issue run (

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d March 1940 – April 1953) during the 1930s and 1940s period known as the

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. Published by

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, it contained features starring

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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

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

References

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