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| Name | Startling Comics 10 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly with the exception of April, June, and October |
| Notes | The indicia lists the volume and issue number as, "Vol. 4, No. 1". 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 | Introducing the Fighting Yank / 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan Farwell; Nazis |
| Pencils | Alex Schomburg |
| Inks | Alex Schomburg |
| Notes | Originally credited to Elmer Wexler, but by comparison with his signed cover on issue #11 this is clearly not him. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Real Life Comics |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Characters | Lawrence of Arabia; Stephen Decatur; Daniel Boone; Alfred B. Nobel |
| First Line | Announcing... Real Life Comics |
| Notes | Inside front cover. House ad for Real Life Comics. |
| Story | The Fighting Yank (15 pages) |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Script | Richard Hughes |
| Pencils | Jon Blummer |
| Inks | Jon Blummer |
| Letters | Jon Blummer ? |
| First Line | Embattled America... 1776... |
| Story | Captain Future (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nazi spies kidnap American scientists to perfect an artillery invention that improves accuracy. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Craven; Otto; Other Nazi spies; Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]; Agatha Adams; Grace Adams; Loft; Henty; Dr. Adams |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | Hi, Grace! My, but you're looking bored.. |
| Notes | Signed in last panel. |
| Story | Ace Buckley (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Toni and Ace travel back in time to Peru in the year 1824 to witness the battle of Ayacucho. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | President James Monroe; Simon Bolivar; Ace Buckley; Toni Stark; Canterac; George Canning; General Sucre |
| Pencils | Max Plaisted |
| Inks | Max Plaisted |
| First Line | In our time machine, Toni Stark and I jumped the time gap and landed in Peru... |
| Notes | last appearance |
| Story | Biff Powers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biff Powers travels to Africa to capture an unusual tiger for the Carson Circus. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Vernon (villain, introduction, death); Minton (Introduction); Biff Powers; Tom Carson; Marcia Beale; Weki |
| Pencils | August Froehlich |
| Inks | August Froehlich |
| First Line | On the Carson Circus lot... |
| Notes | Feature title : 'Biff Powers Big Game Hunter' |
| Text Story | The Half Pint (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Wally Ford finds ways to help his baseball team even though he is riding the pine. |
| Pencils | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Sports |
| Characters | Wally Ford; Sgt. Barry Phillips; Joe Lynch |
| Script | Charles S. Strong |
| First Line | The Portland Avenue Panthers were playing hard against the South Side Senators for the championship... |
| Story | Detective Sgt. Burke (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sgt. Burke rounds up a gang of bandits operating within the night club district. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Monty Soames (villain, introduction); Ape (introduction); Detective-Sergeant Burke; Sadie; Danny; Foster; Sadie |
| Pencils | Kin Platt ? |
| Inks | Kin Platt ? |
| First Line | At police headquarters... Burke, we've got to get those bandits... |
| 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. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Lucy Talbot; Butch Corbin; Fred Talbot |
| Script | Charles S. Strong |
| First Line | It wasn't surprising that little Lucy Talbot should be home alone on a Wednesday evening. |
| Story | G-Man Dalton (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dalton breaks up a counterfeiting ring. |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | James Flag (Introduction, villain); G-Man Bob Dalton; William Blake |
| Pencils | Leo Morey |
| Inks | Leo Morey |
| First Line | G-Man Dalton makes a purchase! |
| Publisher advertisement | Results of Contest No. 7 (1.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Listing of the winners of Startling Comics Contest No. 7. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Here are the names of the lucky winners... |
| Publisher advertisement | Watch For The Black Terror |
| Synopsis | Ad for The Black Terror in Exciting Comics. |
| Feature | The Black Terror |
| Characters | Black Terror |
| Story | Masked Rider (7 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Shep Hogan (introduction, villain); The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall]; Inspector Lynes; Jack Deering; Claire Deering; Dr. Clark; Chuck; Zeb; Jeff |
| Pencils | John Daly |
| Inks | John Daly |
| First Line | As Shep Hogan and his gang ride towards Burro Junction-- |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | American Crusader |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Characters | American Crusader |
| First Line | Danger calls the American Crusader into action! |
| Notes | Inside back cover. House ad for the American Crusader appearing in Thrilling Comics. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | Blank cartridge pistol |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for various mail order novelty items from Johnson Smith & Company. |
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