Startling Comics #v6#2 (17)
(October 1942)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1942-08-04
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. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fighting Yank / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III]
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[The Adder Strikes] (Table of Contents: 1)

Fighting Yank / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Adder (villain, introduction, death)

[The Return of Diablo] (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Future / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Inks
Kin Platt [as Kin] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Diablo (villain); Graf (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Signed on the bottom of the last page.

[Black Satan Strikes Again] (Table of Contents: 3)

Four Comrades / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Gutwirth
Inks
Maurice Gutwirth
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Black Satan (villain); Tommy's father (introduction)

Herbie's Parrot (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Donald Bayne Hobart
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Donald Bayne Hobart
Letters
typeset

[Army Intelligence summons Biff!] (Table of Contents: 5)

Biff Powers / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Froehlich
Inks
August Froehlich
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Rugel (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Bombing Ring] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mystico / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Sansone
Inks
Leonard Sansone
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Kriebl (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

next appears in TOM STRONG V1 #12.

Summer Camp (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Charles S. Strong
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Charles S. Strong
Letters
typeset

[At the U.S. war office...] (Table of Contents: 8)

Don Davis / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Sansone
Inks
Leonard Sansone
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Furst (villain, introduction, death); Harry (villain, introduction); Joe (villain, introduction); Keller (villain, introduction)

[What the--! Flames...and that can't be a prairie fire!] (Table of Contents: 9)

Masked Rider / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Daly
Inks
John Daly
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Nighthawks [Moseby; Green; others] (villains)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[Bah--75 cents...] (Table of Contents: 10)

Happy and Pappy; Happy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Kin Platt
Pencils
Kin Platt
Inks
Kin Platt
Colors
Kin Platt
Letters
?
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fighting Yank
  2. 1. [The Adder Strikes]
    Fighting Yank
  3. 2. [The Return of Diablo]
    Captain Future
  4. 3. [Black Satan Strikes Again]
    Four Comrades
  5. 4. Herbie's Parrot
  6. 5. [Army Intelligence summons Biff!]
    Biff Powers
  7. 6. [The Bombing Ring]
    Mystico
  8. 7. Summer Camp
  9. 8. [At the U.S. war office...]
    Don Davis
  10. 9. [What the--! Flames...and that can't be a prairie fire!]
    Masked Rider
  11. 10. [Bah--75 cents...]
    Happy and Pappy; Happy
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