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Startling Comics
Date | Number: v4 1 | Lang: English (en)
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cant open this file it stinks why is it in zip files
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Pretty good intro story for the Fighting Yank. I can see why the character was used for the Project Superpowers series.
  
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NameStartling Comics 10 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: Monthly with the exception of April, June, and October
NotesThe 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.
 
CoverIntroducing the Fighting Yank / 1 page
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan Farwell; Nazis
PencilsAlex Schomburg
InksAlex Schomburg
NotesOriginally credited to Elmer Wexler, but by comparison with his signed cover on issue #11 this is clearly not him.
 
Publisher advertisementNo Title (1 page)
FeatureReal Life Comics
Script? (ad copy)
CharactersLawrence of Arabia; Stephen Decatur; Daniel Boone; Alfred B. Nobel
First LineAnnouncing... Real Life Comics
NotesInside front cover. House ad for Real Life Comics.
 
StoryThe Fighting Yank (15 pages)
SynopsisGeneral 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.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe 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
PencilsJon Blummer
InksJon Blummer
LettersJon Blummer ?
First LineEmbattled America... 1776...
 
StoryCaptain Future (13 pages)
SynopsisNazi spies kidnap American scientists to perfect an artillery invention that improves accuracy.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersCraven; Otto; Other Nazi spies; Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]; Agatha Adams; Grace Adams; Loft; Henty; Dr. Adams
PencilsKin Platt (signed)
InksKin Platt (signed)
First LineHi, Grace! My, but you're looking bored..
NotesSigned in last panel.
 
StoryAce Buckley (5 pages)
SynopsisToni and Ace travel back in time to Peru in the year 1824 to witness the battle of Ayacucho.
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersPresident James Monroe; Simon Bolivar; Ace Buckley; Toni Stark; Canterac; George Canning; General Sucre
PencilsMax Plaisted
InksMax Plaisted
First LineIn our time machine, Toni Stark and I jumped the time gap and landed in Peru...
Noteslast appearance
 
StoryBiff Powers (7 pages)
SynopsisBiff Powers travels to Africa to capture an unusual tiger for the Carson Circus.
GenreAdventure
CharactersVernon (villain, introduction, death); Minton (Introduction); Biff Powers; Tom Carson; Marcia Beale; Weki
PencilsAugust Froehlich
InksAugust Froehlich
First LineOn the Carson Circus lot...
NotesFeature title : 'Biff Powers Big Game Hunter'
 
Text StoryThe Half Pint (1 page)
SynopsisWally Ford finds ways to help his baseball team even though he is riding the pine.
Pencils? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks? (2 spot illustrations)
Letterstypeset
GenreSports
CharactersWally Ford; Sgt. Barry Phillips; Joe Lynch
Script
First LineThe Portland Avenue Panthers were playing hard against the South Side Senators for the championship...
 
StoryDetective Sgt. Burke (7 pages)
SynopsisSgt. Burke rounds up a gang of bandits operating within the night club district.
GenreDetective-mystery
CharactersMonty Soames (villain, introduction); Ape (introduction); Detective-Sergeant Burke; Sadie; Danny; Foster; Sadie
PencilsKin Platt ?
InksKin Platt ?
First LineAt police headquarters... Burke, we've got to get those bandits...
 
Text StoryLucy's Knitting (1 page)
SynopsisLucy is kidnapped for ransom, but she finds a way to tip off her location to her parents using her knitting.
Letterstypeset
GenreCrime
CharactersLucy Talbot; Butch Corbin; Fred Talbot
Script
First LineIt wasn't surprising that little Lucy Talbot should be home alone on a Wednesday evening.
 
StoryG-Man Dalton (6 pages)
SynopsisDalton breaks up a counterfeiting ring.
GenreCrime
CharactersJames Flag (Introduction, villain); G-Man Bob Dalton; William Blake
PencilsLeo Morey
InksLeo Morey
First LineG-Man Dalton makes a purchase!
 
Publisher advertisementResults of Contest No. 7 (1.5 pages)
SynopsisListing of the winners of Startling Comics Contest No. 7.
Letterstypeset
First LineHere are the names of the lucky winners...
 
Publisher advertisementWatch For The Black Terror
SynopsisAd for The Black Terror in Exciting Comics.
FeatureThe Black Terror
CharactersBlack Terror
 
StoryMasked Rider (7 pages)
GenreWestern-frontier
CharactersShep Hogan (introduction, villain); The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall]; Inspector Lynes; Jack Deering; Claire Deering; Dr. Clark; Chuck; Zeb; Jeff
PencilsJohn Daly
InksJohn Daly
First LineAs Shep Hogan and his gang ride towards Burro Junction--
 
Publisher advertisementNo Title (1 page)
FeatureAmerican Crusader
Script? (ad copy)
CharactersAmerican Crusader
First LineDanger calls the American Crusader into action!
NotesInside back cover. House ad for the American Crusader appearing in Thrilling Comics.
 
AdvertisementNo Title (1 page)
Script? (ad copy)
Letters?; typeset
First LineBlank cartridge pistol
NotesBack cover. Ad for various mail order novelty items from Johnson Smith & Company.
 
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