Startling Comics
#v3#2 (8)
(July 1941)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except April, June and September
- On-sale Date
- 1941-05-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines
Issue 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.
[The Lady Detectives and the Dope Smugglers]
Captain Future / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the offices of the Agatha Detective Agency...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Andrews (villain, introduction); Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant]; Agatha Adams; Grace Adams; Mike; Tom
- Keywords
- Altron Chemical Company; dope ring; infra-red gamma ray
[no title indexed]
Don Davis / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the U. S. War Department... Those plans were trusted to you, Ferguson!
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Fritz Kuhnlein (villain, introduction, death); Schwartz (villain, introduction, death); Ferguson; Don Davis; Joe
- Synopsis
- The plans for fortifying a canal are stolen and Don Davis is brought in to investigate.
- Keywords
- vault
[no title indexed]
Biff Powers / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Carson Circus needs something startling, Biff!
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Henry Hopper (villain, introduction, death); Biff Powers; Marcia; Muggsy; Candy Jim; Weki
- Synopsis
- Biff goes to Africa to capture the Rotalus bird and bring it back to the Carson Circus for exhibition.
- Keywords
- Gogutu; Jashar; Kivu jungle; Palavau Mountains; Rotalus birds
[no title indexed]
Ace Buckley / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Setting the controls of our time machine, we jumped the time gap...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Blackbeard [Edward Teach] (villain, death); Gov. Spottswood of Virginia (guest-star); Capt. Maynard (guest-star); Ace Buckley; Toni Stark; Knight; Gov. Eden of North Carolina
- Synopsis
- Ace and Toni travel back in time to meet Blackbeard.
- Keywords
- Bath Town; North Carolina; time travel
[no title indexed]
G-Man Dalton / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the hideout of the Gadsen mob...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Gadsen (villain, introduction); G-Man Bob Dalton; Dutch; Higbie; Logan Ballard
- Keywords
- Ballard Plant
$25 In Cash Prizes Free!
activity / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is fun... and easy, too!
- Characters
- Jack
Indexer Notes
Earn monetary prizes by answering five puzzles in the Startling Comics Contest.
[Murder By Radio Wave]
Mystico / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a dimly lit cellar tavern...
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Schramm (villain, introduction); Wiegel; Mystico
Blind Man's Dog
Herbie Johnson / text story / 1 page
- Script
- Donald Bayne Hobart (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Young Herbie Johnson stood on the corner wishing that he were big enough and old enough to be a detective.
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Herbie Johnson; Sgt. Brady
- Synopsis
- Herbie helps the police find a bank robber.
- Keywords
- seeing eye dog
[no title indexed]
Masked Rider / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On a lonely Texas trail...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Craven (villain, introduction, death); Slade; Charlie; The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall]; Ace
- Synopsis
- Craven tries to steal property owned by Slade when Slade refuses to sell it.
- Keywords
- Western Land Company
[no title indexed]
Detective-Sergeant Burke / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Slink Nesbit and his men turn up at a busy pier--
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Slink Nesbit (villain, introduction, death); Foster (villain, introduction); Gregory; Detective-Sergeant Burke; Jim; Charlie
- Keywords
- Foster Mansion
Indexer Notes
Signed on the last panel.
[no title indexed]
Dizzy Davis / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hm - good thing I brought my head along...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dizzy Davis; Flago
- Synopsis
- Davis visits a fortune teller who uses the "science" of phrenology to foretell the future.
Results of Contest No. 5
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here are the names of the lucky winners...
Indexer Notes
Listing of the winners of Startling Comics Contest No. 5.
[no title indexed]
Happy and Snappy / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gentleman Manny jest robbed th' Citizen's Bank-bring him in quick-or else!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Happy; Snappy; Gentleman Manny; Chief
- Synopsis
- Happy and Snappy are sent to capture the bank robber, Gentleman Manny.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Future -
1.
["It's the Black Terror! Run!!"]
Black Terror; Exciting Comics -
2.
[The Lady Detectives and the Dope Smugglers]
Captain Future -
3.
["At the U. S. War Department... Those plans were trusted to you, Ferguson!"]
Don Davis -
4.
["The Carson Circus needs something startling, Biff!"]
Biff Powers -
5.
["Setting the controls of our time machine, we jumped the time gap..."]
Ace Buckley -
6.
["At the hideout of the Gadsen mob..."]
G-Man Dalton -
7.
$25 In Cash Prizes Free!
-
8.
[Murder By Radio Wave]
Mystico -
9.
Blind Man's Dog
Herbie Johnson -
10.
["On a lonely Texas trail..."]
Masked Rider -
11.
["Slink Nesbit and his men turn up at a busy pier--"]
Detective-Sergeant Burke -
12.
["Hm - good thing I brought my head along..."]
Dizzy Davis -
13.
Results of Contest No. 5
-
14.
["Watch for the Black Terror"]
Black Terror; Exciting Comics -
15.
["Gentleman Manny jest robbed th' Citizen's Bank-bring him in quick-or else!"]
Happy and Snappy -
16.
["Absolutely free!"]
-
17.
["This beautiful desk for only $1.00 with any Remington portable typewriter"]
Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Pat Conolly
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Dan Kocher
- Daniel Martinez
- Per Sandell
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