Master Comics #2

From April 1940, this second issue of Fawcett's self-proclaimed "World's Biggest Comics Book" delivers exactly the kind of breathless action its cover promises. Harry Fisk's cover art puts Master Man center stage, bracing himself against a speeding automobile with his bare hands while a fallen youngster lies on the tracks below and a terrified driver looks on in horror. The sidebar portraits — White Rajah, Devil's Dagger, Frontier Marshal, and El Carim, Master of Magic — hint at the remarkable variety packed inside, including Newt Alfred's "White Rajah and the Lost Mummy.