Startling Comics
#v5#2 (14)
(April 1942)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except April, June and October
- On-sale Date
- 1942-02-11
- 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Captain Future / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : Previously credited to 'Jack Binder ?', this looks far more like Schomburg, and nothing at all like Binder's signed story in this issue.
[The Return of Mavelli]
The Fighting Yank / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Binder (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Binder (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, tomorrow's the day!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mavelli (villain, death?); Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Parker; Joan
[The Attack of the Lemurians]
Captain Future / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What inhuman monsters, spawned by the sea...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Lemurians (introduction, villain, death); Captain Future [Andrew Bryant]; Grace Adams
Indexer Notes
Platt signs in the final oanel.
[The Wolf-Man of Angola]
Biff Powers / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A wolf-man!
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Biff Powers; Boma (Intro); Tom; Marcia; Weki; Ormand (villain)
[Krohl and the Gas Formula]
Don Davis / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brace yourself, Davis!
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Biff Davis; Baden; Krohl (villain)
His Name Was George
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Hale (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A Washington's Birthday Story...
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Luke Dalton; Lester Carlisle; Old Man Potter
[The Sea Serpent]
Mystico / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mystico's aid is asked!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Mystico; Carron; Heinkel (villain)
Indexer Notes
Feature title : 'Mystico the Wonder Man'
Herbie Helps the Law
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 thought it was great fun...
- Characters
- Herbie Johnson; Officer Blake; Officer Kelly
[Baldy Harris, Bank Robber]
G-Man Dalton / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An organised gang of bank robbers...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- G-Man Bob Dalton; Knuckles (crook); Baldy Harris (crook)
[no title indexed]
Happy and Snappy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's been a jail-break!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Happy; Snappy
[no title indexed]
Happy and Snappy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Garsh! That's a nice reward!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Happy; Snappy; Homicide Harry
[Bollen's Brand-Blotters]
Masked Rider / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure is a nice range!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Masked Rider ["Bronc" Randall]; June Avery; Bollen (villain); Avery; Slim
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Future -
1.
[The Return of Mavelli]
The Fighting Yank -
2.
[The Attack of the Lemurians]
Captain Future -
3.
[The Wolf-Man of Angola]
Biff Powers -
4.
[Krohl and the Gas Formula]
Don Davis -
5.
His Name Was George
-
6.
[The Sea Serpent]
Mystico -
7.
Herbie Helps the Law
Herbie Johnson -
8.
[Baldy Harris, Bank Robber]
G-Man Dalton -
9.
["There's been a jail-break!"]
Happy and Snappy -
10.
["Garsh! That's a nice reward!"]
Happy and Snappy -
11.
[Bollen's Brand-Blotters]
Masked Rider
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Pat Conolly
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Dan Kocher
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Rowe
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