Cat-Man Comics #v3#7 (17)
(January 1943)

Holyoke, 1942 Series
< Previous Issue |
Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Holyoke Publishing Co. Inc.
Printer
Printed in U. S. A.
Editing
Charles Quinlan Sr. (editor)

Issue Notes

Last Holyoke issue. Continues with Cat-Man Comics (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1941 series) #v3#8 (18).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cat-Man; Kitten / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)
Inks
Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Little Leaders: Katie Conn (inset); Mickey Mathews (inset)
Blackout [Jack Wayne] (inset); The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; The Deacon (inset); The Hood [Craig Williams] (inset); The Kitten [Katie Conn]; The Ragman [Jay Garson Jr.] (inset)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Rajah of Destruction (Table of Contents: 2)

Cat-Man / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)
Inks
Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; Rajah Singh (villain); Captain Yokima (villain); other Japanese spies (villains); Robert Binks; Gandi; Lieut. Weston; Toyo
Synopsis
In Australia to help the war effort, Lt. Merryweather investigates a crooked gambling den that turns out to be full of Japanese spies.

The Sinister Seance of Doom! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Deacon and "Mickey" / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Sylvan Stein ?
Pencils
Sol Brodsky (signed as SOL)
Inks
Lee Schertz ? [as Lee] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Deacon; Mickey Mathews; Poldini; Homer Garnet; Alan Gregory; Marina Montague
Synopsis
The Deacon and Mickey visit Hollywood and attend a seance that sets the scene for sudden death.

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

Inks credit also suggested by the Who's Who. It indicates that artist Lee Schertz (also known as Lee) worked at Holyoke in 1942 and he seems to fit the bill here as he signed his name "Lee".

Demon of Destruction (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Alberta Tews (signed as Teusday)
Pencils
Sol Brodsky (signed)
Inks
Sol Brodsky (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; crime; superhero
Characters
The Rag-Man [Jay Garson Jr.] (newspaperman); Satan (probable hallucination); Tiny; The Professor (villain)
Synopsis
A mad scientist doctors money with a plague bacteria and then distributes it to unsuspecting people.

The Burning Ship (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Wilfred Waddington
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Fenton; Hawley; Mason; Johnson; Doran; Bruno
Synopsis
A strange burning ship is discovered.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Leaders / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walter Palais (signed)
Inks
Walter Palais (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hiding in cellars like treacherous rats, Nazis are plotting and carrying on their missions of sabotage and espionage!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Little Leaders: Katie Conn; Mickey Mathews
Uncle Sam (cameo); Mrs. Bennett; Herr Clinker
Synopsis
Katie and Mickey are collecting scrap when they discover trouble.

Slaves of the New Order!!! (Table of Contents: 7)

Blackout / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Brice ?
Inks
Robert Brice ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Blackout [Jack Wayne]; Happy; Doctor Padala
Synopsis
Blackout helps the Czech underground.

A Nest of Rattlesnakes (Table of Contents: 8)

The Hood / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Barry (signed)
Inks
Dan Barry (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Hood [Craig Williams]; Vulture's Claw; Suki
Synopsis
The Vulture's Claw has a plan to stop the Hood with a submarine.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

General Douglas MacArthur (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)
Inks
Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Douglas MacArthur

The Mysterious Bomber (Table of Contents: 11)

Personal Adventure / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
C. R. Schaare (signed)
Inks
C. R. Schaare (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Jim
Synopsis
Some drunken pilots bomb a Japanese airfield.

Men Against the Sea (Table of Contents: 12)

Personal Adventure / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
C. R. Schaare (signed)
Inks
C. R. Schaare (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Anderson; Hosegood
Synopsis
How soldiers survived a plane crash and stayed alive in a rubber raft.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cat-Man; Kitten
  2. 1. ["Read the amazing adventures of the Blue Beetle"]
  3. 2. Rajah of Destruction
    Cat-Man
  4. 3. The Sinister Seance of Doom!
    The Deacon and "Mickey"
  5. 4. Demon of Destruction
    The Rag-Man
  6. 5. The Burning Ship
  7. 6. ["Hiding in cellars like treacherous rats, Nazis are plotting and carrying on their missions of sabotage and espionage!"]
    Little Leaders
  8. 7. Slaves of the New Order!!!
    Blackout
  9. 8. A Nest of Rattlesnakes
    The Hood
  10. 9. ["They're both aces high in comic magazine entertainment"]
  11. 10. General Douglas MacArthur
  12. 11. The Mysterious Bomber
    Personal Adventure
  13. 12. Men Against the Sea
    Personal Adventure
  14. 13. ["Free with this offer 33 power telescope lens kit"]
    Wonders of Science Simplified
  15. 14. ["Jim Prentice famous inventor of Electric Football Baseball, etc. announce Bomb'Em With Blast'Em"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • John Censullo
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Bob Hughes
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose