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Issue: Startling Comics #3 (18) Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1942
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Issues: #3 (18) 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: 10/01/1942
Volume: 6
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 10 (9 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4.
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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
Character(s): Pyroman [Dick Martin]
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Dr. Fantom; Timothy Payne; Joan Farwell
First Line: Bruce Carter discovers that the cloak worn by his patriot ancestor is a talisman against physical danger!
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Politeness Pays

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: crime
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Pages: 1
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The Origin of Pyroman

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Pyroman [Dick Martin] (introduction)
First Line: Evidence decrees a murderer's end for Dick Martin, young student of electrical engineering – but from the portals of death emerges Pyroman, battling for justice like an avenging thunderbolt!
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Future [Andy Bryant]; Grace Adams; Mr. Kato; Sago
First Line: At the Agatha Detective Agency...
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Pages: 10
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Navy Diver

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Genres: military
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Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Four Comrades [Tommy Tompkins; Pudge O'Connor; Buzz Brandon; Tip Adams]; Black Satan
First Line: Four fearless American boys hit the highroad of adventure against nefarious Black Satan, arch-enemy of America!
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Painter Potts
Synopsis: Potts paints himself instead of a landscape.
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Genres: espionage
Character(s): Don Davis
First Line: They're wise to me!
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Now to find a clue
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