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Nedor Comics was the comic book line of
publisher Ned Pines, who also published pulp magazines under a variety of
company names (primarily Standard, Better and Thrilling) that he also used for
the comics. In business from 1939 to 1956, Nedor was a prolific publisher during
the Golden Age of comic books. Its best-known character is the Black Terror. In
June of 1949, all comics were moved to the "Standard Comics" line,
with a "Standard Comics" flag-like cover logo (all titles previously
had no publisher logo, which was the norm at the time). In 1956, Standard ended
and only two were continued by Pines Comics. What connection this new company
had with Ned Pines and his company is unclear.
In recent years many Nedor Comics characters have been revived by other
publishers. Publisher Bill Black used many of the characters during the 1980s
under the imprint Americomics (later shortened to AC Comics). Many of the female
heroes are members of the AC Comics superhero team Femforce. Most recently,
Nedor Comics' characters have appeared in writer Alan Moore's comic book Tom
Strong and its spin-off Terra Obscura. Marvel Comics used the names American
Eagle, Grim Reaper, and Wonder Man for its own, different characters.
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Captain Future appeared in issues 1 through 40 of Startling Comics, and issues 1-3, 5, and 22 (June, 1947) of America's Best Comics; after that, the character fell into the public domain.
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Fighting Yank debuted in Startling Comics #10 (September, 1941), which was published by a second-tier outfit variously known as Better Publications, Four Star, Standard Comics and a few other names. His original writer was Richard Hughes, who later edited The American Comics Group, where he introduced such characters as Commander Battle, John Force and Herbie Popnecker. The artist was Jon Blummer, who also created or co-created Ultra-Man, Hop Harrigan and Little Boy Blue for All-American/DC Comics. Much of the later artwork was provided by Jack Binder's studio, which also handled Bulletman for Fawcett Publications, Daredevil for Lev Gleason, and many other features.
In everyday life, Fighting Yank was Bruce Carter III, who had an identical ancestor, also named Bruce Carter, in the War for Independence. In times of crisis, the earlier Bruce would manifest himself in spirit form, and help out. (DC Comics later used a similar schtick in its war series The Haunted Tank.) It was the Revolutionary War Bruce who showed the World War II Bruce where to find a magic cloak able to protect him from harm and impart super strength. In addition to the green cloak, Bruce III's Fighting Yank outfit included several 18th century fashion motifs, such as tri-corner hat and square buckles, and a modern-style American flag (greatly understated, compared to Captain Flag, Fighting American and others of his sub-genre) on his chest. His girlfriend, Joan Farwell, was in on the secret, and usually accompanied him on adventures. Depending on the needs of the story, she could be either an assistant or a hostage.
Fighting Yank met with quick success, permanently ousting Captain Future from the Startling Comics cover. He himself was frequently upstaged there by Pyroman, but starting with a September, 1942 cover date, he also had his own comic — making him the only Standard Comics superhero other than The Black Terror so featured (unless you count Supermouse). His third venue was America's Best Comics, Standard's answer to DC's World's Finest Comics, an anthology of the company's most popular characters. He started there in #9 (April, 1944) and stayed until the title folded, in 1949.
1949 was also the year he lost his own comic. Startling Comics had folded the year before, so he was homeless. It was a longer run than most 1940s superheroes got, but once it was over, he was never seen in that form again.
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As the comic book began to show signs of being a money-maker and the decade of the 1930's came to a close, existing magazine publishers began to take note. Among the first to branch out into four-color fantasy were the pulp magazine houses. One of the most successful of those was Ned Pines' Better Publications, purveyors of adventure pulp fiction since the 1920's. Not one to let an opportunity pass him by, Pines initially tried his hand at comics in November of 1939, with the first issue of Best Comics. Utilizing an experimental sideways-opening format, Best proved a failure, but by the next spring, Better (known at various times as Nedor, Standard, and finally Pines Publications) was back with more enduring fare.
February, April and June of 1940 would see the release of the titles Thrilling, Exciting and Startling Comics respectively, echoing successful Pines pulps with identical titles. General interest anthologies to start with, all three soon began to rely heavily on costumed, super-powered characters that were doing well with other publishers. The dark, dramatically-costumed Black Terror proved their longest-running hero, starring in Exciting, his own title, and the Better star-showcase, America's Best, until 1949.
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This Startling Comics cover [above left] by renowned comic book artist Alex Schomburg appears to have had a significant influence on the design of Futurama’s robotic bugbear, Bender Bending Rodríguez.
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