Crash Comics Adventures #4

(September 1940)

["Look! Out there! A Boat!"] (Table of Contents)

Strongman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Scott

Pencils:

Bert Whitman

Inks:

Bert Whitman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Strongman [Percy Van Norton]

Indexer Notes

Credit source: Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

["Stalking a herd of giant elephants"] (Table of Contents)

Buck Burke / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Buck Burke

Reprints:

• in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])

Indexer Notes

credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Cat-Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen

Inks:

Irwin Hasen

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Cat-Man [David Merryweather] (introduction, origin); William Merrywether (introduction, scientist, David's father, death); David's un-named mother (introduction, death); David's un-named sister (introduction, death); Stella Richards (actress); un-named prison warden; Bull Jackson (villain)

Synopsis:

Rescued by a tigress after the death of his family in the jungle, David Merryweather returns to civilization, and, while listening to a radio crime drama, he hears the radio station being invaded by gangsters, and the star, Stella Richards, being kidnapped. Tracking down the kidnappers, Cat-Man is captured but is later ab le to rescue the girl a second time and put the criminals behind bars.

Reprints:

• in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])
• in Golden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special (AC, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC Comics, 2007 series) Volume 9 (2012) (in black and white)

Indexer Notes

Credits source: Jerry Bails' Who's Who and Bill Black. The Cat-Man loses the first of his nine lives in this story.

["Z-2! This is Professor Holley..."] (Table of Contents)

Secret Agent Z-2 / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen

Inks:

Irwin Hasen

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Secret Agent Z-2

Indexer Notes

credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

Carnival Trouble (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Richard Loring

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Reprints:

• in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #9

["They have been a scourge to the invaders..."] (Table of Contents)

Flying Trio / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Flying Trio (Ray; Low; Mac)

Reprints:

• in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])

Indexer Notes

credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

["I tell you Sheldon, we just have to crack that ring of auto thieves"] (Table of Contents)

Jane Drake / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley ?

Inks:

Dan Gormley ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jane Drake

Reprints:

• in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])

Indexer Notes

credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

["The day has come when science has penetrated the mysteries of the universe..."] (Table of Contents)

Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Solar Legion

Reprints:

• in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])

Indexer Notes

Jack Kirby removed from pencils and inks (per Greg Theakston)

[Boravia vs. Poladen] (Table of Contents)

Blue Streak / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley ?

Inks:

Dan Gormley ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Blue Streak [Don-Vin]

Reprints:

• in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #9 [reprint has only 5 of 6 pages]

Indexer Notes

Credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

["Alec is still captive of Yang's super submarine"] (Table of Contents)

Alec / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rudolph Johnson? [as R Johnson]

Inks:

Rudolph Johnson? [as R Johnson]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; Humor

Characters:

Alec

Indexer Notes

credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

["We've got to carry on! He must get back to civilization!"] (Table of Contents)

Shangra / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Nam Chung Po

Pencils:

Pagsilang Isip

Inks:

Pagsilang Isip

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Shangra

Reprints:

• in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])