Master comics , by  Fawcett Publications began in 1940 with a Superman Imiatator named Master man, (   The artwork for Master man was better than the early Superman ) the early issues were over sized ( more the size of a period magazine ) and priced at Fifteen cents , when all other comic books of this era were priced at ten cents, certainly, in addition to the larger size, the reader received more pages , but this was not a long term success, and with Master # 4 the title reverted to the standard size , and was priced at ten cents ( With Master #7 the title grew to 68 pages , the most offered in a ten cent comic ) Before Capt. marvel jr was introduced, Fawcett ran a number of great Super-heroes  in the pages of this title, such as Minute -man, ( sort of  a variation of Captain America ) Bulletman &Bulletgirl to name a few . One of the greatest milestone comics of the early golden age was Master comics #21 in which capt. marvel and bulletman team-up againest Super -nazi bad guy Captain Nazi , a super powered Nazi agent ( sort of a german superman/ capt. america rolled into one villian. ) This was part 1 of a trilogy continued in Whiz Comics #25 and ending in Master #22 .......this was the creation of Capt. marvel jr. drawn mostly by one of the greatest talents of any age of comics Mac Raboy . The Fawcett comics of this era were, well, a bit "cartoonish " not very serious, Mac Raboys' artwork is so superior to most artwork work ever seen in comics ( In fact, it wasnt until the late 1960's , when such talents as Neal Adams and Jim Steranko came on the scene, that artwork , in comics approached the level Mac Raboy was producing in the 1940's ) What always struck me about the way Raboy drew Capt. marvel. jr, was the fun it would be to be a teen -age boy with super-powers , comics books , of the golden age, while some were well drawn, most were not , but Raboy injected such a realisic look to a comic, that invited the reader to come along , when Capt marvel jr. was flying, he was grinning big !!! HELL YEAH !! It would be a blast to fly through the air , he always had fun !! he had fun kicking a bad guy in the rear end, he had great fun beating the crap out of the axis bad guys such as, Hitler, Mussolini, Hirihito, etc. I love this era, and Mac Raboy made Master Comics ( as well as some other titles ) great fun. After World War II, many of the great comic book super-heroes went into decline , so too, did Master, Mac Raboy did a few covers after the war, but by 1947 , other far less talented artists took over the title , and the "FUN"era was over . In 1953 , Master Comics #133 became the last issue, Prepared in such haste, the the stories didnt even have "THE END"  to denote the finish of  a story ( i have owned Master #133) it was a ver poor ending to a great title . In 1973 , D.C. Comics bought the rights to the whole "Shazam " family, but the new books just didnt have the fun of the golden age comics ....i will always love the Master title as one of the great books of the Golden age .............THANK YOU ____________________ DANNY ANABLE ,  DECEMBER , 2007