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Issue: Startling Comics #1 (19)

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Publication Date: February 1943

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Issues: #1 (19) of 53 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Pines

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 11/24/1942

Volume: 7

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)

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Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
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Format

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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Content Items (12 total)

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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]; Joan; Hodge; Fenkel (villain)

First Line: Bruce Carter finds the cloak worn by his ancestor...

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Pages: 15

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Clark; Merkel (villain); Joyce Clark

First Line: With thousands of volts of surging electrical power...

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Pages: 14

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Shorty; Bobo

First Line: Say! You look hungry!

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Pages: 3

Fisher Boy

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Writer(s): Lane Archer (credited)

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Genres: war

Character(s): Paddy Gallagher; Lieutenant Borden

First Line: Paddy Gallagher had been watching...

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Pages: 1

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant]; Grace; Oscar (Nazi); Mamba (Nazi villain)

First Line: A chance crossing of the gamma-ray...

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Pages: 11

Notes: Platt signs in panel six of the final page.

Tim Plays Lawman

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Genres: western

Character(s): Tim Marsh; Bad Bill Mawson (crook)

First Line: Tim Marsh thought it was lots of fun...

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Pages: 1

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Genres: adventure, childrens

Character(s): Four Comrades [Tommy Tompkins; Pudge O'Connor; Buzz Brandon; Tip Adams]; Adolph (Nazi)

First Line: Four youthful patriots run rife...

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Pages: 10

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Tubby; the Truant Officer

First Line: I think I'll play hookey!

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Pages: 2

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Genres: drama, humorous

Character(s): Mickey McCoy; June

First Line: Oh, Mickey -- the stork brought the cutest little...

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Previously credited to Steve Ditko, who would have been aged fifteen. Compare art style and signature with the Gunboat Grey feature in Exciting Comics v#6, #2 (17), from a few months earlier.

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Genres: adventure, espionage

Character(s): Don Davis; Colonel Ashley; Hans (Nazi); Krutz (nazi)

First Line: A U.S. Army officer conducting liason...

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Pages: 6