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Issue: Startling Comics #2

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Publication Date: August 1940

Issue #2
- v1 #1
- ✔ #2
- #3
- v2 #1 (4)
- v2 #2 (5)
- v2 #3 (6)
- v3 #1 (7)
- v3 #2 (8)
- v3 #3 (9)
- v4 #1 (10)
- v4 #2 (11)
- v4 #3 (12)
- more...
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Issues: #2 of 53 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Pines

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: Better Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 06/28/1940

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 12 (11 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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.

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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)

[untitled]

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]

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Pages: 1

The Munitions Men Murders

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant]; Boris Klubek (villain, introduction); Nelson; Brin

First Line: Accidentally crossing the gamma ray...

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Pages: 11

Notes: Platt signs in the final panel.

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Genres: espionage

Character(s): Lt. Don Davis (introduction); Mohler (villain, introduction); his spy ring (villain, introduction)

First Line: At the headquarters of the United States military intelligence...

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Pages: 6

Notes: Sansone signs in the first panel of page five - L. S. '40

The Return of Dr. Slade

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Mystico; Dr. Slade (villain, death)

First Line: Walking down a busy thoroughfare...

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Pages: 6

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Genres: crime

Character(s): G-Man Dalton; Colfax (villain, introduction); Rogers; Herr Schultz

First Line: A wave of hijacking breaks out!

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Pages: 6

Revolution In Chilina! President Flees!

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Scoop Langdon; Casados (villain, introduction, death); Mary (air hostess); Bob (pilot); Luisa Gomez; Gomez

First Line: I'm on my way, funny-face!

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Pages: 6

Notes: Gamble signs in the final panel.

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Genres: jungle

Character(s): Tom Carson (introduction); Biff Powers (introduction); Marcia Beale (introduction); Marvin Beale (villain, introduction, death); Weki (introduction)

First Line: Two men flee through the wild African jungle!

Synopsis: The Carson Circus dispatches Powers to capture a saber tooth tiger in Africa. The Trans-American Circus sends Beale and his niece to beat him to the prize. All are captured by the Klombossi tribe and sentenced to be sacrificed to the tiger, but Biff and Marcia escape.

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Pages: 9

Notes: Biff and Marcia come back to use Weki's guidance in issue #4. Since that story is set in Angola, this may be too.

Jerry Guards the Gold

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Genres: western

Feature(s): Jerry Martin

Character(s): Jerry Martin; Bill Clide; Hank Ruff

First Line: Jerry Martin whistled a gay little tune...

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Pages: 1

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Genres: western

Character(s): The Masked Rider; Walford (villain, introduction); Bolton; Nancy Bolton; Hank

First Line: Riding north into the Dakota bad-lands...

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Pages: 6

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Detective-Sergeant Burke; Otis Panken (villain, introduction, death); Captain Tony Jabinski; Otis Panken; Sligson

First Line: Walking along the waterfront, Burke meets trouble!

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Pages: 7

Danny Remembers

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Genres: crime

Character(s): Danny Heath

First Line: Danny Heath was skating along the street...

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Pages: 1

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Genres: humorous, western

Character(s): Happy (introduction); Snappy (introduction); Homicide Harvey (villain, introduction)

First Line: Either you boys bring in Homicide Harvey or I get me two new deputy sheriffs!

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Pages: 3

Notes: Three separate one page stories.