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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Startling Comics 4 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Future [Andrew Bryant] |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Story | Captain Future (12 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Future [Andrew Bryant] |
| Pencils | Kin Platt |
| Inks | Kin Platt |
| First Line | A Nazonian espionage ring meets in its secret New York headquarters! |
| Story | Don Davis (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Don 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. |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Lt. Don Davis; Colonel Brank (villain) |
| Pencils | Leonard Sansone |
| Inks | Leonard Sansone |
| First Line | Lt. Don Davis makes a great decision! |
| Story | Mystico (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mystico 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. |
| Genre | 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) |
| Pencils | Leonard Sansone |
| Inks | Leonard Sansone |
| First Line | The Atlantic fleet steams past Sandy Hook for maneuvres. |
| Notes | Feature entitled 'Mystico the Wonder Man'. |
| Story | G-Man Dalton (7 pages) |
| Characters | G-Man Dalton; J.C. Timms |
| Pencils | Leo Morey |
| Inks | Leo Morey |
| First Line | J. C. Timms, a famous engraver, calls on his art agent! |
| Story | Ace Buckley (5 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Ace Buckley; Toni; The Bashaw; Lieutenant O'Bannon |
| Pencils | Max Plaisted |
| Inks | Max Plaisted |
| Story | The Mysterious Dr. X (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Dr. X (master of occult science); Cynthia (his niece); Bob Stone (her fiancé) |
| First Line | America is stunned as the ocean suddenly recedes, leaving ships stranded... |
| Text Story | Boy Detectives (1 page) |
| Feature | Jerry Martin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure; Children |
| Characters | Jerry Martin; Herbie Johnson; Captain Blake |
| Script | Robert Wallace |
| First Line | Herbie Johnson liked to play exciting games... |
| Story | Biff Powers (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The 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. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Tom Carson; Biff Powers; "Brick" Peters (villain, introduction, death); Horace (introduction); Marcia Beale |
| Pencils | Jack Lehti ? |
| Inks | Jack Lehti ? |
| First Line | The curator of the Metropolitan Museum delivers an important address! |
| Text Story | Stage Robber (1 page) |
| Pencils | ? [as WWD] (2 spot illustrations) |
| Inks | ? [as WWD] (2 spot illustrations) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Buck Nelson; Tommy Luden; Sheriff Sam Jerrson |
| Script | Jackson Cole |
| First Line | Old Zeb Martin grinned at the boy... |
| Story | Masked Rider (6 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Nelson]; Jud Watkins (crook); Barker; Curley |
| Pencils | John Daly |
| Inks | John Daly |
| First Line | The Masked Rider heads along a trail above the Conchos River -- |
| Story | Happy and Snappy (1.5 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Happy; Snappy |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | We gotta get that guy! |
| Notes | Two separate stories, one full page, and one half page. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Feature | Doc Strange |
| Notes | House ad for Thrilling Comics |
| 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 | |

