STARTLING COMICS VOLUME TEN, COLLECTING ISSUES #40-44 IS A WATERSHED POINT WITH THE
SERIES. STARTLING COMICS STARTED PUBLISHING BY NEDOR IN JUNE OF 1940. THE SERIES RAN FOR A
TOTAL OF FIFTY-THREE ISSUES AND FOR THE FIRST FORTY ISSUES HAD A FANTASTIC LINE-UP OF MOSTLY
SUPERHEROES. THERE WAS CAPTAIN FUTURE, PYROMAN, THE FOUR COMRADES, THE ORACLE AND THE
FIGHTING YANK, BUT THAT ASSORTMENT OF CHARACTERS BEGAN TO CHANGE WITH STARTLING
COMICS #41. GONE AFTER ISSUE #40 WERE THE ORACLE, THE FOUR COMRADES AND CAPTAIN FUTURE.
REPLACING THESE FEATURES WERE REPORTER FRONT PAGE PEGGY AND TROUBLE-SHOOTER FEATURING
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR GALAHAD GRANT. BY ISSUE #44 THE ONLY SUPERHERO LEFT WAS THE FIGHTING
YANK, AS PYROMAN WAS REPLACED BY A NEW SCIENCE FICTION FEATURE, LANCE LEWIS--SPACE
DETECTIVE. THE TEEN HUMOR SERIES JEFFERSON JONES WAS ALSO ADDED TO THE ROSTER.
THE STARTLING COMICS SERIES BECAME VERY DIFFERENT BUT WAS STILL SO EXCITING IT REMAINED
STARTLING!
THIS VOLUME IS AVAILABLE IN HARD COVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK VOLUMES AS
WELL AS IN BOTH FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE EDITIONS.