<i>America’s Greatest Comics</i> No. 4
date: label: date made
content: 1942
name: label: maker
content: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <i>America’s Greatest Comics</i> 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
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: Kentucky, Louisville
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: 2013.0086.007
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0086.007
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 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 26.035 cm