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Issue: Startling Comics #1
Publication Date: January 1999
 
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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.
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Binding: Saddle-Stitched
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Chic Stone
Tom Hickey
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Nemesis
Nemesis; Adolph Hitler
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Miscellaneous
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Splash panel of story used for cover.
From the Creator of "The Crow."

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
Chic Stone [as Stone]
Tom Hickey [as Hickey]
?
Richard Hughes (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Nemesis
Nemesis; Grim Reaper; Adolph Hitler; Winston Churchill; Herman Goering; Joseph Goebbels; PFC Steve Flint (Nemesis' human form when he was on Earth, cameo)
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.
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into the Unknown #169 published December 1966
was Wanted: Hitler, Dead or Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Dunkirk is misspelled as "Dunkerque." There is no explanation whether the activities occur on Earth or on an alternate Earth.
The Case of the Careful Guardian!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Oksner ?
Bob Oksner ?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Crime Crusader
Crime Crusader [Jonathan Jones]; Kewpie O'Toole; Butch Hogan; Vivienne Reed; Mr. Barton; Tommy (Barton's nephew); Mrs. Grupe
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.
Reprinting
FlagACG's Heroes #[nn] published January 2002
as The Case of the Careful Guardian! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
from ?
Miscellaneous
11
The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Oksner
Bob Oksner
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Crash Kid
The Crash Kid [Rusty Adams] (introduction); Pook (Rusty's pal); Ho Lin Fong; Lum Fo (villain)
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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FlagCannonball Comics #1 published February 1945
was The Strange Case of the Black Dragon Gods! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
The Jack Kirby Collector #20

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
TwoMorrows
Silver Surfer (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
1
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.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Comic Book Marketplace
You've just discovered...
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Ad for "Comic Book Marketplace" with small cover repros.

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