Digital Comic Museum - Startling Comics 034 (diff ver)-c2c


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July 1945; cover to cover
Pyroman, Fighting Yank, The Scarab, Captain Future, Four Comrades

Issue: #34
Published: July 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Ned Pines
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Fighting Yank
Credits:	Pencils: Alex Schomburg \| Inks: Alex Schomburg
Genre:	Adventure Fantasy
Characters:	The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III] The Japanese

Comic Story (10 pages)
Featuring:	The Fighting Yank
Synopsis:	Getting a phone call from his partner, Professor Prescott, Bruce races to the lab only to discover that Prescott and their new invention: the Z-99 tank, are missing.
Credits:	Script: Gaylord Du Bois ?; Charles Strong ? \| Pencils: Ken Battefield \| Inks: George Gregg
Genre:	Adventure Fantasy
Characters:	The Fighting Yank [Bruce Carter III] Joan Professor Prescott Nazi Spies [Heintich Rest Un-named] (villains)

Comic Story (11 pages)
Featuring:	Pyroman
Synopsis:	A group of Japanese disguise one of their spies as Pyroman and send him to America armed with a hand-held shocker, simulating the hero's powers. They hope to commit sabotage in America openly, blaming it on Pyroman.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Pyroman [Dick Martin] Professor Clark Joyce Clark The Japanese [Mybushi (a Spy) Others Un-named] (villains, Some Die)

Text Story (1 page)	Reward for a Killer
Credits:	Script: Donald Grey \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (9 pages)	Origin of the Scarab
Featuring:	The Scarab
Synopsis:	With the financial backing of his uncle, Peter sets out for Cairo, Egypt, to discover the mysteries of the tomb of a famed Cat-God and the jewels hidden within. Within the tomb, Peter discovers a mummy in a sarcophagus holding a scroll that foretells a priest being reincarnated into the body of one Peter Ward!
Genre:	Adventure Fantasy
Characters:	The Scarab [Peter Ward] (origin, An Archaeologist, Joab's Nephew, Reincarnation Of Egyptian Writer Kor The High Priest Of The Cat-God, Introduction) Uncle Joab (Peter's Uncle, Introduction) A Black Cat (the Reincarnation Of Egyptian Priest Ahk-Tu-Men, Introduction) Ramon Royale (villain, Introduction) Royale's Gang (villains, Introduction For All) Band Of Bedouin Pirates (villains, Introduction For All, Some Die)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Captain Future
Synopsis:	Captain Future must battle Nazi saboteurs who are attempting to disrupt conferences dedicated to a new European offensive by the Allies that the Nazis wish to wreck.
Credits:	Pencils: Ken Battefield \| Inks: Hing Chu ?
Genre:	Superhero War
Characters:	Captain Future [Andrew Bryant] General Mark Raymond Grace Adams Nazi Saboteurs [Fritz Rest Un-named] (villains)

Text Story (1 page)	Venezualan Boy
Credits:	Script: William B. McClellan \| Letters: typeset

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	The Four Comrades
Synopsis:	The fellas are playing a game of baseball and hit the ball into the Samuel Hotchkiss Estate grounds. When they go onto the grounds to retrieve the ball, they discover a nest of Axis spies who have absconded with secret American plans for an anti-radar machine!
Credits:	Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth \| Inks: Maurice Gutwirth
Genre:	Adventure Children War
Characters:	The Four Comrades [Buzz Brandon Tommy Tomkins Pudge O'Connor Tip Addams] An Axis Spy-ring [Heinrich Karl Hilda Others Un-named] (villains)

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