Startling Comics (1940) #34

Pines 1940–1948 series Cover date Jul 1945

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About this issue

Startling Comics #34 (1940) is issue #34 of Pines's Startling Comics (1940–1948), with a cover date of July 1945. Drawn by Ken Battefield and Maurice Gutwirth.

Creators

Pencillers: Ken Battefield, Maurice Gutwirth
Inkers: George Gregg, Maurice Gutwirth, Everett Kinstler
Cover artist: Alex Schomburg

The stories

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.

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.

“Origin of the Scarab”

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!

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, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.