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Issue: Startling Comics #2 (14) Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #2 (14) of 53 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/11/1942
Volume: 5
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ned Pines ?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : Previously credited to 'Jack Binder ?', this looks far more like Schomburg, and nothing at all like Binder's signed story in this issue.
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The Return of Mavelli

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mavelli (villain, death?); Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Parker; Joan
First Line: Well, tomorrow's the day!
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Pages: 15
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The Attack of the Lemurians

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Lemurians (introduction, villain, death); Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]; Grace Adams
First Line: What inhuman monsters, spawned by the sea...
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Platt signs in the final oanel.
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The Wolf-Man of Angola

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Biff Powers; Boma (Intro); Tom; Marcia; Weki; Ormand (villain)
First Line: A wolf-man!
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Pages: 7
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Krohl and the Gas Formula

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Genres: adventure, espionage
Character(s): Biff Davis; Baden; Krohl (villain)
First Line: Brace yourself, Davis!
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Pages: 6
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His Name Was George

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Luke Dalton; Lester Carlisle; Old Man Potter
First Line: A Washington's Birthday Story...
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Pages: 1
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The Sea Serpent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Mystico; Carron; Heinkel (villain)
First Line: Mystico's aid is asked!
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Pages: 7
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Herbie Helps the Law

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Herbie Johnson
Character(s): Herbie Johnson; Officer Blake; Officer Kelly
First Line: Young Herbie Johnson thought it was great fun...
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Pages: 1
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Baldy Harris, Bank Robber

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): G-Man Bob Dalton; Knuckles (crook); Baldy Harris (crook)
First Line: An organised gang of bank robbers...
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Pages: 6
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Happy; Snappy
First Line: There's been a jail-break!
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Genres: humorous, western
Character(s): Happy; Snappy; Homicide Harry
First Line: Garsh! That's a nice reward!
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Pages: 1
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Bollen's Brand-Blotters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall]; June Avery; Bollen (villain); Avery; Slim
First Line: Sure is a nice range!
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Pages: 7

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