Master Comics #11
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeMaster Comics #11 (February 1941) marks the debut of Minute-Man, Army Private Jack Weston, making it one of the defining patriotic-hero origin issues of the entire Golden Age. Minute-Man arrived at a remarkable moment in comics history: he was only the third flag-costumed hero to appear in American comics, coming after MLJ's The Shield (January 1940) and just days before Timely's Captain America (March 1941), placing Fawcett squarely at the center of the pre-war patriotic superhero wave. The issue also signals a broader creative evolution for Master Comics itself, as it was simultaneously the first issue to feature art by Mac Raboy, an artist whose meticulous draftsmanship would soon define the title's visual identity through his celebrated Captain Marvel Jr. run. Together, the Minute-Man debut and Raboy's arrival make this single issue a genuine inflection point for Fawcett's anthology line.
ComicBooks.com Value
Show all 16 grades ▾
More listings for this title
Sell my copy
Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.
We Buy Collections ▸History
The Minute-Man feature was the solo work of Charles Sultan — writer, penciler, and inker — a Brooklyn-born illustrator who had trained at the Art Students League and entered comics through the Eisner-Iger shop before becoming art director at the Chesler studio by 1940, from which he freelanced to Fawcett. Bill Parker served as editor on the issue. The story titled 'The Origin of Minute Man' was published while the United States was still months away from entering World War II, yet it frames Weston's mission in unmistakably wartime terms: a secret operative dispatched by General Milton to combat enemy agents on American soil. Master Comics itself had already undergone a significant structural change by this point — dropping its original lead feature, Master Man, and repositioning Bulletman (transferred from the cancelled Nickel Comics) as the title's cover star beginning with issue #7.
Trivia · 8 facts
- First appearance of Minute-Man (Jack Weston), a patriotic superhero created by writer-artist Charles Sultan, in the story titled 'The Origin of Minute Man.'
- Minute-Man debuted as one of the earliest flag-costumed heroes of the Golden Age, appearing after MLJ's The Shield (January 1940) and in the same publishing month as — or just before — Timely's Captain America (March 1941 cover date).
- Jack Weston's secret identity as Minute-Man is known only to his superior, General Milton, who assigns him covert missions as America's 'One Man Army.'
- Issue #11 is also the first issue of Master Comics to feature art by Mac Raboy, who would go on to become the celebrated artist of Captain Marvel Jr. on the same title.
- The Bulletman story in this issue is titled 'The Kidnapping of Eve Scott,' featuring Jim Barr (Bulletman) as the lead character; contributing artists across the issue include Jack Binder, Jon Smalle, Carl Formes, Rafael Astarita, Harry Anderson, Mac Raboy, and Ralph Carson.
- Minute-Man ran continuously in Master Comics from issue #11 through #49 (February 1941 – April 1944) and also starred in a three-issue self-titled quarterly series beginning in summer 1941.
- Along with all other Fawcett Comics characters, Minute-Man and Bulletman were acquired by DC Comics in 1991; both characters had appeared in DC stories via a licensing arrangement as early as the mid-1970s (Shazam! #31, 1977 for Minute-Man).
- Charles Sultan, the sole credited creator of Minute-Man, had a wide-ranging Golden Age career spanning Eisner-Iger, the Chesler studio, Fawcett, Fiction House, and Quality Comics before being drafted into the U.S. military in 1942.
Cast · 4 characters
Full credits
Reprints
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics #80 (2009)
Key issues in Master Comics
Reviews
Reader reviews
No reader reviews yet.