Startling Comics
#v7#1 (19)
(February 1943)
Pines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 7
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-11-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Better Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Ned Pines (credited as N. L. Pines) (president)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
The Statement of Ownership states there's no editor or managing editor.
The Statement of Ownership states there's no editor or managing editor.
[no title indexed]
Pyroman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Pyroman [Dick Martin]
Indexer Notes
Artist ID by JVJ. Original artist listed as Jack Binder.
[no title indexed]
The Fighting Yank / comic story / 15 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bruce Carter finds the cloak worn by his ancestor...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]; Joan; Hodge; Fenkel (villain)
[no title indexed]
Pyroman / comic story / 14 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With thousands of volts of surging electrical power...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Pyroman [Dick Martin]; Clark; Merkel (villain); Joyce Clark
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr confirms art not by Jack Binder 28/2/2009
[no title indexed]
Bobo the Hobo / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Art Gates (signed as Art Gates)
- Pencils
- Art Gates (signed as Art Gates)
- Inks
- Art Gates (signed as Art Gates)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say! You look hungry!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shorty; Bobo
Fisher Boy
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Paddy Gallagher had been watching...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Paddy Gallagher; Lieutenant Borden
[no title indexed]
Captain Future / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A chance crossing of the gamma-ray...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Future [Dr. Andrew Bryant]; Grace; Oscar (Nazi); Mamba (Nazi villain)
Indexer Notes
Platt signs in panel six of the final page.
Tim Plays Lawman
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tim Marsh thought it was lots of fun...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tim Marsh; Bad Bill Mawson (crook)
[no title indexed]
Four Comrades / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Four youthful patriots run rife...
- Genre
- adventure; children; crime
- Characters
- Four Comrades [Tommy Tompkins; Pudge O'Connor; Buzz Brandon; Tip Adams]; Adolph (Nazi)
[no title indexed]
Tubby / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think I'll play hookey!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Tubby; the Truant Officer
[no title indexed]
The McCoys / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray McGill (signed as Ray McGill)
- Inks
- Ray McGill (signed as Ray McGill)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Mickey -- the stork brought the cutest little...
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Mickey McCoy; June
Indexer Notes
Previously credited to Steve Ditko, who would have been aged fifteen. Compare art style and signature with the Gunboat Grey feature in Exciting Comics v#6, #2 (17), from a few months earlier.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- H. L. Herbert (credited) (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Don Davis / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A U.S. Army officer conducting liason...
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Don Davis; Colonel Ashley; Hans (Nazi); Krutz (nazi)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Pyroman -
1.
["Bruce Carter finds the cloak worn by his ancestor..."]
The Fighting Yank -
2.
["With thousands of volts of surging electrical power..."]
Pyroman -
3.
["Say! You look hungry!"]
Bobo the Hobo -
4.
Fisher Boy
-
5.
["A chance crossing of the gamma-ray..."]
Captain Future -
6.
Tim Plays Lawman
-
7.
["Four youthful patriots run rife..."]
Four Comrades -
8.
["I think I'll play hookey!"]
Tubby -
9.
["Oh, Mickey -- the stork brought the cutest little..."]
The McCoys -
10.
[no title indexed]
-
11.
["A U.S. Army officer conducting liason..."]
Don Davis
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- Dwayne Best
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Rowe
- Len Wolinsky
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