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Startling Comics
Date | Number: v2 1 | Lang: English (en)
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Notes64 of 68 pgs Missing centerfold (Last 2pgs G-Man Dalton & First 2pgs Ace Buckley)
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   By The Ghost Man
Thanks for uploading this and the color rendering is fantastic, however the book is missing pages 33 - 36 for some reason. These contain some of the Ace Buckley story that feature the great work of Max Plaisted.
  
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PublicationDecember 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly
 
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]
 
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]
 
SynopsisDon is assigned by British Intelligence with a vital mission to the British oil terminal in Haifa, the scene of many air strikes by enemy forces. Unless the attacks can be stopped, the British will be unable to fight.
ContentGenre: Spy | Characters: Lt. Don Davis; Colonel Brank (villain)
 
SynopsisMystico receives a mental warning, alerting the Navy from test firing its big guns. But when they do, against Mystico's advice, a large sea creature arises out of the water and destroys the ships. After the same thing happens to Army guns along a beach, the man behind the creature escapes from a mental institution and then controls the beast to wreak havoc.
ContentGenre: Superhero | Characters: Mystico; un-named U.S. Navy Admiral; un-named Army Major; Carr (villain, planetary potentate); Simeo (villain, hairy apeman); Amphisaur (sea creature, death)
NotesFeature entitled 'Mystico the Wonder Man'.
 
FeaturingG-Man Dalton
ContentCharacters: G-Man Dalton; J.C. Timms
 
FeaturingAce Buckley
ContentGenre: Science Fiction | Characters: Ace Buckley; Toni; The Bashaw; Lieutenant O'Bannon
 
FeaturingThe Mysterious Dr. X
ContentGenre: Adventure | Characters: Dr. X (master of occult science); Cynthia (his niece); Bob Stone (her fiancé)
 
Text StoryBoy Detectives (1 page)
FeaturingJerry Martin
CreditsLetters: typeset
ContentGenre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Jerry Martin; Herbie Johnson; Captain Blake
 
SynopsisThe Carson Circus sends Powers to Angola to find rumored giants as an attraction. The rival Trans-American Circus hires Peters to beat him to the giants. Peters arrives first, and befriends a pygmy tribe who will help him capture giants. The pygmies capture Powers and his girlfriend and plan to behead them, but the giants attack while the village guards are distracted. As a reward, their chief sends two men back with Powers for the circus.
ContentGenre: Jungle | Characters: Tom Carson; Biff Powers; "Brick" Peters (villain, introduction, death); Horace (introduction); Marcia Beale
 
Text StoryStage Robber (1 page)
CreditsPencils:? [as WWD] (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? [as WWD] (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset
ContentGenre: Western-frontier | Characters: Buck Nelson; Tommy Luden; Sheriff Sam Jerrson
 
ContentGenre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Nelson]; Jud Watkins (crook); Barker; Curley
 
FeaturingHappy and Snappy
ContentGenre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Happy; Snappy
NotesTwo separate stories, one full page, and one half page.
 
FeaturingDoc Strange
NotesHouse ad for Thrilling Comics
 
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