<i>America’s Greatest Comics</i> No. 1
date: label: date made
content: 1941
name: label: maker
content: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>America’s Greatest Comics</i> issue No. 1 was published by Fawcett Publications, Inc. in the fall of 1941 and sold for 15 cents. The cover features the superhero characters Spy Smasher, Bullet Man, Captain Marvel, Minute-Man, and Mr. Scarlet.
label: Description
content: This issue features the stories of: Captain Marvel defeating the Ghost of the Deep; Bulletman and Bulletgirl taking down the thieving Invisible Man; the Minute-Man destroying the sinister Mr. Skeleton; Spy Smasher routing America Smasher; and Mr. Scarlet battling the Death Battalion.
label: Description
content: Issues of <i>America’s Greatest Comics</i> 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Greenwich
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Comic Books
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Olivia V. Crisson and Phillip M.S. Crisson in honor of Peter Bozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0086.004
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.004
label: accession number
content: 2013.0086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 10 in; 18.415 cm x 25.4 cm