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| Name | Startling Comics 9 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly except April, June and September |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Future [Andrew Bryant] |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | American Crusader |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Characters | American Crusader [Archie Masters] |
| First Line | Danger calls the American Crusader into action! |
| Notes | Inside front cover. House ad for the American Crusader appearing in Thrilling Comics. |
| Comic Story | The Avenger Strikes / Captain Future (13 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Avenger [Karl Vemba] (villain, introduction, death); his gang (villains, introduction); Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]; John Blaine; Senator Burt; Agatha Adams; Grace Adams |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | A weird killer menaces America's leaders! |
| Notes | Platt signs in the penultimate panel, under the 'Next day' box. |
| Comic Story | Master of the Harpies / Mystico (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Nevins discovers how to summon harpies. Using the harpies, Dr. Nevins plans to conquer the world. |
| Genre | Adventure; Fantasy |
| Characters | Dr. Nevins (villain, introduction); Harpies (villains, introduction); Baer (villain, death); Mystico; General Amber |
| Pencils | Leonard Sansone |
| Inks | Leonard Sansone |
| First Line | Dr. Nevins, long a student of witchcraft... makes a startling find! |
| Story | Don Davis (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Don Davis captures a couple of spies that have infiltrated the Mellors Institute. |
| Genre | Adventure; Spy |
| Characters | Eric (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Wolf (villain, introduction); Don Davis; Lane; Dr. Hanson |
| Pencils | Leonard Sansone ? |
| Inks | Leonard Sansone ? |
| First Line | The famous Mellors Institute receives a refugee! |
| Notes | Although suggested as Sansome, the art style here is completely different from the preceding story in the same issue, also credited to him. |
| Story | Ace Buckley (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Toni and Ace travel back in time, to the year 490 B.C., to witness the Battle of Marathon. |
| Genre | Adventure; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Datis (guest-star); Miltiades (guest-star); Aristides (guest-star); Themistocles (guest-star); Pheidippides (guest-star); Pausanius (introduction); Hippias (villain); Persians (villain); Toni Stark; Ace Buckley; Greek hoplites |
| Pencils | Max Plaisted |
| Inks | Max Plaisted |
| First Line | For our next trip back in time Toni Stark and I chose ancient Greece... |
| Story | Biff Powers (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biff travels to Africa to capture a giant ape for the Carson Circus. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | A giant man-ape (introduction); Biff Powers; Tom Carson; Mr. Grimes; Marcia Beale; Weki |
| Pencils | August Froehlich ? |
| Inks | August Froehlich ? |
| First Line | In the office of the Carson Circus-- |
| Activity | No Title (2 pages) |
| Characters | Otto |
| Pencils | Howard Ferguson (signed) |
| Inks | Howard Ferguson (signed) |
| First Line | Who is jumping into the pond? |
| Notes | Startling Comics contest to earn cash prizes by solving five puzzles. |
| Story | Detective Sgt. Burke (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Larry Hogan tries to prevent the Columbia Trucking Corporation from operating in other states. |
| Genre | Adventure; Crime |
| Characters | Larry Hogan (villain, introduction); R.S. Wilmot; Lana Wilmot; Detective-Sergeant Burke; Dean; Dip |
| Pencils | Kin Platt ? |
| Inks | Kin Platt ? |
| First Line | At the residence of R. S. Wilmot... |
| Text Story | Roped Rustler (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jimmy prevents rustlers from stealing cattle during a cattle drive. |
| Feature | Jimmy Blue |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Jimmy Blue; Monty; unnamed rustlers |
| Script | Sam Brant |
| Colors | Sam Brant |
| First Line | Jimmy Blue had found that it was fun to teach his friend from the East about the rangeland. |
| Story | Masked Rider (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jake Butler steals Joan's horse, Champion. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Jake Butler (villain, introduction); The Masked Rider ["Bronc " Randall]; Chuck; Champion (horse); Joan Greer; Concho (horse) |
| Pencils | John Daly |
| Inks | John Daly |
| First Line | On a bluff in Texas... |
| Text Story | Rescue Mission (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Don goes to summon a doctor for his grandfather during a snowstorm, but is hurt during the trip. Don's dog, Teddy, instead makes the trip to the village and manages to summon the doctor to treat Don and Don's grandfather, Mr. Nelson. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Don; Teddy (dog); Mr. Nelson |
| Script | John Easterly |
| Colors | John Easterly |
| First Line | I am a little terrier who belongs to a boy named Don... |
| Notes | The story is from the point of view of a dog named Teddy. |
| Story | G-Man Dalton (6 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Flint (villain, introduction, death?); G-Man Bob Dalton; Tige; Mr. Elwyn |
| Pencils | Leo Morey |
| Inks | Leo Morey |
| First Line | G-Man Dalton gets a crucial assignment! |
| Text Article | Results of Contest No. 6 (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Here are the names of the lucky winners... |
| Notes | Listing of the winners of Startling Comics Contest No. 6. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Blank cartridge pistol |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Ad for various mail order items from Johnson Smith & Co. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | This beautiful desk for only $1.00 with any Remington portable typewriter |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for the Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
