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Issue: Startling Comics #1 (16) Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #1 (16) of 53 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/26/1942
Volume: 6
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 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. 3.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Binder ?
Inker(s): Jack Binder ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting Yank
Character(s): Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting Yank
First Line: In 1943 America will build...
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Pages: 15
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kin Platt
Inker(s): Kin Platt
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Future
Character(s): Captain Future; Diablo (villain)
First Line: A cruel winter night...
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Pages: 11
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Stars and Stripes Forever

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lt. Kelvin McKay
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Four Comrades
Character(s): The Four Comrades [Tommy Tompkins (introduction); Pudge O'Connor (introduction); Buzz Brandon(introduction); Tip Adams (introduction)] (origin); Mr. Tompkins; un-named Tompkins butler; Black Satan (villain, introduction)
First Line: He's too small for the boxing team, Coach!
Synopsis: As Buzz is walking through the slums, he sees some boys being robbed by some thugs. Buzz steps in and stops them, then they all follow the crooks to their lair, where they come face to face with Black Satan, who plans to spread terror throughout America. He intends to start with a kidnapping racket and Tommy is his intended target because of his marvelous inventions.
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Pages: 10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): August Froehlich
Inker(s): August Froehlich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Biff Powers
First Line: At the office of the Carson Circus...
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Pages: 7
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Train Robbers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Buck Benson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Sansone
Inker(s): Leonard Sansone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mystico
First Line: Mystico's aid is asked!
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Sansone
Inker(s): Leonard Sansone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Don Davis
First Line: In Army Intelligence headquarters...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Masked Rider
First Line: Tom Raft up at Cripple Creek's in trouble!
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