Startling Comics #v01#01 – #53 (1940 – 1948 ) Standard - Complete Series

Pines, 1940 Series

Publication Dates: June 1940 – September 1948

Number of Issues Published: 53 (#v01#01 – #53)

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Pages: 68    Indicia Frequency: Monthly

Authors:

Script:

Will Garth, Donald Bayne Hobart, 

Pencils:

Kin Platt, Leo Morey, Leonard Sansone, John Daly, Raymond Thayer [as Ray Thayer]

Jack Lehti, Max Plaisted, August Froehlich ?, 

Inks:

Kin Platt, Leo Morey, Leonard Sansone, John Daly, Raymond Thayer [as Ray Thayer]

Jack Lehti, Max Plaisted, August Froehlich ?, 

Colors: Will Garth, Donald Bayne Hobart, 

Letters : typeset, Donald Bayne Hobart, 

Information thanks to the Grand Comic Database

Some of the characters :

Captain Future

Name Captain Future (Man of Tomorrow)

A.K.A. Major Mars

Secret ID. Andrew Bryant

Type Costumed Hero

Affiliation/Team Grag (robot)

1st Appearance Startling Comics #1

Year 1940

Publisher Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics

Country of origin USA

Fighting Yank

Name:   The  Fighting Yank 

A.K.A. n/a

Secret ID. Bruce Carter III

Type Costumed Hero

Affiliation/Team Joan Farwell (Fiancee)

1st Appearance Startling Comics #10

Year 1941

Publisher Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics

Country of origin USA

Four Comrades

Name :  The   Four Comrades

A.K.A. n/a

Secret ID. Pudge / Buzz / Tip / Tommy

Type Costumed Team

Affiliation/Team Four Comrades

1st Appearance Startling Comics #16

Year 1941

Publisher Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics

Country of origin USA

Four kids—Pudge, Buzz, Tip, and Tommy—

dress up as superheroes and fight crime. They have no powers.

Mystico the Wonderman

Name: Mystico the Wonder Man

A.K.A. n/a

Secret ID. None

Type Magician

Affiliation/Team None

1st Appearance Startling Comics #1

Year 1940

Publisher Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics

Country of origin USA

The Oracle

Name : The Oracle

A.K.A. n/aSecret ID. Bob Paxton

Type Non Costumed Hero

Affiliation/Team Lana Owens

1st Appearance Startling Comics #20

Year 1943

Publisher Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics

Country of origin USA

Pyroman

Name 

A.K.A. n/a

Secret ID. Dick Martin

Type Costumed Hero

Affiliation/Team None

1st Appearance Startling Comics #18

Year 1942

Publisher Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics

Country of origin USA

Tygra    

Name Tygra

A.K.A. n/a       

Secret ID. Lynn Thomas

Type Jungle Heroine

Affiliation/Team None

1st Appearance Startling Comics #45

Year 1947

Publisher Nedor/Better/ Standard Comics

Country of origin USA

Character Information and pictures thanks to the Golden Age Hero Directory

Toyland Comics (#01 - #03) 1947 Complete Series [Fiction House Comics Collection 18]

Fiction House, 1947 Series

Published in English (United States)  United States

Publication Dates:

January 1947 - July 1947

Number of Issues Published:  3 (#1 - #3)

Color:   Color

Dimensions:  Standard Golden Age U.S.

Binding: Saddle-Stitched

Publishing Format:  was ongoing series

Publication Type:  magazine

Pages 68     Indicia Frequency Quarterly

Authors: 

Script

Malcolm Reiss

Pencils

Bob Lubbers (signed), Al Walker, 

Lily Renee?, 

August Froehlich, George Tuska ?

Inks

Bob Lubbers (signed), Al Walker, George Tuska ?

August Froehlich, Lily Renee ?, George Tuska (signed),

Colors ?   Letters ?

Link: Toyland Comics (#01 - #03)⇲⇲