Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: Alex Schomburg, Kin Platt, Ned Pines, Standard/Better/NedorAlex Schomburg & Blackbeard in Startling Comics #8, at AuctionAlex Schomburg covers an issue that includes Blackbeard history, Panama Canal fears, and the Heaviside Layer-based science run completely amok. Article Summary Startling Comics #8 features a dynamic Alex Schomburg cover, blending pre-Pearl Harbor war fears with Golden Age action. Startling Comics #8 is a surprisingly scarce Golden Age comic in high grade, with just 14 Universal copies on the CGC Census. Startling Comics #8 is a Golden Age comic book built around the events of its day and more distant history. An issue with a classic Alex Schomburg with interior stories that ran the Golden Age formulas to perfection, there's a Startling Comics #8 (Better Publications, 1941) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white to white pages up for auction at the 2026 August 13 Golden Age Century Comics Showcase Auction V #40377.