Startling Comics #v7#2 (20)
(March 1943)

Pines, 1940 Series
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Volume
7
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Eight times a year - January, March, April, June, August, October, November, December
On-sale Date
1943-01-19
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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Pyroman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Binder
Inks
Jack Binder
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Pyroman [Dick Martin]
Keywords
snake
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[Venom and the Black Boas Attack] (Table of Contents: 1)

Pyroman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
? [as AA] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Venom (villain); Black Boas [Diedrich; Voss; others] (villains, introduction); Nazis (villains)

Indexer Notes

Artist previously identified as Jack Binder. Many signs of Ken Battefield in the art, but he is either one of several pencillers (a shop job), or has one or more inkers who could be signing as "AA". Identical "AA" signatures can be found on the splash pages to Pyroman in America's Best Comics #5 (also with art by Ken Battefield) and The Tarantula in DC's Star Spangled Comics #17. No Battefield art is apparent in that story which makes me believe that "AA" is the inker.

[When Strikes the Scorpion] (Table of Contents: 2)

Fighting Yank / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Scorpion (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Artist previously identified as possibly Alex Schomburg.

For Freedom (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lew Williams
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Lew Williams
Letters
typeset

[The Ionizer Murders] (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain Future / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Alderman
Inks
Jack Alderman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Nishi (villain, introduction, death); Karl (villain, introduction, death)

[The Dwarf Attacks] (Table of Contents: 5)

Four Comrades / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Gutwirth
Inks
Maurice Gutwirth
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Black Satan (villain); the Dwarf (villain, introduction, death?)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Happy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kin Platt (signed)
Pencils
Kin Platt (signed)
Inks
Kin Platt (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Refugee Boy (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Johnston Carroll
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Johnston Carroll
Letters
typeset

[Origin of the Oracle] (Table of Contents: 8)

Oracle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Oracle [Bob Paxton] (introduction, origin); Nazis (villains)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Slip Ahoy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You bet, son!
Genre
humor

Boy Volunteer (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
James Jackson
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
James Jackson
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Sansone
Inks
Leonard Sansone
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In San Francisco --
Genre
adventure
Characters
Brandt (villain, introduction, death); Weber (villain); Nazis (villain, introduction, some death); Axis agents (villain, introduction, death)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Pyroman
  2. 1. [Venom and the Black Boas Attack]
    Pyroman
  3. 2. [When Strikes the Scorpion]
    Fighting Yank
  4. 3. For Freedom
  5. 4. [The Ionizer Murders]
    Captain Future
  6. 5. [The Dwarf Attacks]
    Four Comrades
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Happy
  8. 7. Refugee Boy
  9. 8. [Origin of the Oracle]
    Oracle
  10. 9. ["You bet, son!"]
    Slip Ahoy
  11. 10. Boy Volunteer
  12. 11. ["In San Francisco --"]
    Don Davis
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