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| Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly with the exception of April, June, and October |
| Notes | Originally credited to Elmer Wexler, but by comparison with his signed cover on issue #11 this is clearly not him. |
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| Cover | Introducing The Fighting Yank |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan Farwell; Nazis |
| Notes | Originally credited to Elmer Wexler, but by comparison with his signed cover on issue #11 this is clearly not him. |
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| Featuring | Real Life Comics |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) |
| Content | Characters: Lawrence of Arabia; Stephen Decatur; Daniel Boone; Alfred B. Nobel |
| Notes | Inside front cover. House ad for Real Life Comics. |
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| Synopsis | General Washington sends Bruce Carter out with vital dispatches and wants him to take them through enemy lines, but Bruce is killed in doing so. However, his spirit survives and roams to deal with any danger to the nation that arises. Eventually, his ghost appears to the third in his ancestral line 150 years later, and Bruce Carter III becomes the Fighting Yank, battler of America's enemies. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III] (introduction, origin); Bruce Carter I (introduction, death, reappearance as a ghost); Mr. Carter (John's father); Joan Farwell; George Washington; Frank Walton (villain, introduction); Bernhard (villain); Joe (villain); un-named Nazi spies (villains, introduction for all, some die); Tom; Senator Walton |
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| Synopsis | Nazi spies kidnap American scientists to perfect an artillery invention that improves accuracy. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Craven; Otto; Other Nazi spies; Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]; Agatha Adams; Grace Adams; Loft; Henty; Dr. Adams |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
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| Synopsis | Toni and Ace travel back in time to Peru in the year 1824 to witness the battle of Ayacucho. |
| Featuring | Ace Buckley |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: President James Monroe; Simon Bolivar; Ace Buckley; Toni Stark; Canterac; George Canning; General Sucre |
| Notes | last appearance |
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| Synopsis | Biff Powers travels to Africa to capture an unusual tiger for the Carson Circus. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Vernon (villain, introduction, death); Minton (Introduction); Biff Powers; Tom Carson; Marcia Beale; Weki |
| Notes | Feature title : 'Biff Powers Big Game Hunter' |
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| Text Story | The Half Pint (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Wally Ford finds ways to help his baseball team even though he is riding the pine. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Wally Ford; Sgt. Barry Phillips; Joe Lynch |
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| Synopsis | Sgt. Burke rounds up a gang of bandits operating within the night club district. |
| Featuring | Detective-Sergeant Burke |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Monty Soames (villain, introduction); Ape (introduction); Detective-Sergeant Burke; Sadie; Danny; Foster; Sadie |
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| Text Story | Lucy's Knitting (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Lucy is kidnapped for ransom, but she finds a way to tip off her location to her parents using her knitting. |
| Credits | Script: Kelvin McKay | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Lucy Talbot; Butch Corbin; Fred Talbot |
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| Synopsis | Dalton breaks up a counterfeiting ring. |
| Featuring | G-Man Dalton |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: James Flag (Introduction, villain); G-Man Bob Dalton; William Blake |
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| Publisher advertisement | Results of Contest No. 7 (1.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Listing of the winners of Startling Comics Contest No. 7. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Publisher advertisement | Watch For The Black Terror |
| Synopsis | Ad for The Black Terror in Exciting Comics. |
| Featuring | The Black Terror |
| Content | Characters: Black Terror |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Shep Hogan (introduction, villain); The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall]; Inspector Lynes; Jack Deering; Claire Deering; Dr. Clark; Chuck; Zeb; Jeff |
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| Featuring | American Crusader |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) |
| Content | Characters: American Crusader |
| Notes | Inside back cover. House ad for the American Crusader appearing in Thrilling Comics. |
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| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for various mail order novelty items from Johnson Smith & Company. |
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