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Issue: Startling Comics #1
Publication Date: January 1999
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAvalon Communications
Brand: America's Comic GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Avalon Communications
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roger Broughton
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
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Format Notes:  
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Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Chic Stone
Inker(s): Tom Hickey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nemesis
Character(s): Nemesis; Adolph Hitler
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Splash panel of story used for cover.
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From the Creator of "The Crow."

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): James O'Barr
Inker(s): James O'Barr
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): J. O'Barr's Original Sins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Promo for "Original Sins #1." Illustrated with a drawing (not the comic cover.)
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Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Penciller(s): Chic Stone [as Stone]
Inker(s): Tom Hickey [as Hickey]
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Richard Hughes (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nemesis
Character(s): Nemesis; Grim Reaper; Adolph Hitler; Winston Churchill; Herman Goering; Joseph Goebbels; PFC Steve Flint (Nemesis' human form when he was on Earth, cameo)
Synopsis: After viewing an alternate Earth where Germany won World War II, Nemesis goes back to 1940 to help the British with the evacuation at Dunkirk and with the Blitz on London. Later, Nemesis encourages Hitler to attack Russia, and eventually he provides the weapon for Hitler to commit suicide. At the end everything on Earth is back to normal.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventures into the Unknown #169 published December 1966
was Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Dunkirk is misspelled as "Dunkerque." There is no explanation whether the activities occur on Earth or on an alternate Earth.
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The Case of the Careful Guardian!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner ?
Inker(s): Bob Oksner ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Crime Crusader
Character(s): Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones]; Kewpie O'Toole; Butch Hogan; Vivienne Reed; Mr. Barton; Tommy (Barton's nephew); Mrs. Grupe
Synopsis: Mr. Barton's nephew threatens to kill him unless he gives him money to pay his gambling debts. The Crime Crusader and Kewpie visit a gambling yacht to see if they can talk to the operators about the nephew's debts.
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In Content Item: FlagACG's Heroes #[nn] published January 2002
as The Case of the Careful Guardian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crash Kid
Character(s): The Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] (introduction); Pook (Rusty's pal); Ho Lin Fong; Lum Fo (villain)
Synopsis: The Crash Kid joins forces with the daughter of a murdered oriental businessman to track down and halt the activities of the Black Dragon Cult.
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From Content Item: FlagCannonball Comics #1 published February 1945
was The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Jack Kirby Collector #20

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): TwoMorrows
Character(s): Silver Surfer (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for "The Jack Kirby Collector #20" and "Comic Book Artist #1." Also form for ordering back issues of the Jack Kirby Collector #13-19.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comic Book Marketplace
First Line: You've just discovered...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for "Comic Book Marketplace" with small cover repros.

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