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Issue: Startling Comics #2 (5) Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1941
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Issues: #2 (5) of 53 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/10/1940
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Dictonian Menace

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bosch, Wolke (villain, introduction, death); Dictonians (introduction)
First Line: With Lupinez arming our men in Mexico...
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Pages: 12
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The Murder of Colonel Sanders

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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Don Davis; Colonel Sanders (introduction, death); Arthur Henson (villain, introduction, death); Major Pierce; Samuel Peters; Carney (henchman)
First Line: Wow! It's Colonel Sanders!
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Pages: 7
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The Invisible Gangsters

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Serle (villain, introduction); Flood (villain, introduction); Dr. Morgan; Sheila Morgan
First Line: You certainly are persistent, Dr, Morgan!
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Genres: crime
Character(s): G-Man Bob Dalton; Jim Grimes (villain, introduction); Major Trent; Captain Haythorne; Gloria Haythorne
First Line: At the Ordnance Department in Washington...
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Pages: 6
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Toni Stark; Sir Francis Drake (guest-star); Queen Elizabeth (guest-star)
First Line: After building a time machine capable of transporting humans...
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The Crime Chase

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Genres: crime
Feature(s): Herbie Johnson
Character(s): Herbie Johnson; Officer Kelly
First Line: Young Herbie Johnson was having a ot of fun...
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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Tom Carson; Biff Powers; Benson (villain, introduction, death); Bob Andrews; Hank Crosby (villain, introduction); Marcia Beale
First Line: The owner of the Carson Circus discusses a news item with Biff!
Synopsis: Following up on what are reported as the ravings of polar explorer Bob Andrews, Biff and Marcia fly to an island kept warm by volcanoes and populated by elephants, tigers, and other beasts. Biff defeats Benson, from the rival Trans-American Circus, and brings back one of the stranger beasts for the Carson Circus.
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Genres: western
Character(s): The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall; Hoot Pringle (villain, introduction, death); Ann Belden; Pepper (crook)
First Line: As the Masked Rider heads through the Salmon River country in Idaho...
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Ambush Bullets

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Jimmy Blue
Character(s): Jimmy Blue; Mr. Barton
First Line: Jimmy Blue leaped to his feet...
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Detective-Sergeant Burke; Al Carlo (villain, introduction); Tom Dugan (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Tom Dugan, bank robber, is captured by the Cheyenne police!
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