(September 1940)
Temerson / Helnit / Continental,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Tem Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Vo. 1 — No. 4 September 1940
CRASH COMICS is published monthly by Tem Publishing Co., Inc. Office of publication, Meriden, Conn. Editorial Offices, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second-calss matter at the Post Office at Meriden, Conn. under the Act of March 3, 1879, pending. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates, 12 issues for $1.20 in the United States and its possessions. Copyright 1940 by Tem Publishing Co. Inc. Printed in the U. S. A.
CRASH COMICS is published monthly by Tem Publishing Co., Inc. Office of publication, Meriden, Conn. Editorial Offices, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second-calss matter at the Post Office at Meriden, Conn. under the Act of March 3, 1879, pending. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates, 12 issues for $1.20 in the United States and its possessions. Copyright 1940 by Tem Publishing Co. Inc. Printed in the U. S. A.
[no title indexed]
Strongman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bert Whitman (signed)
- Inks
- Bert Whitman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Strongman [Percy Van Norton]
[no title indexed]
Strongman / comic story / 17 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Out there! A Boat!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Strongman [Percy Van Norton]; Moslav (villain); Gregory
- Synopsis
- Leaving Rutania, Percy's yacht picks up a boatload of refugees from the recently invaded country of Scanlandia. Turning his yacht around, Strongman assesses the situation in the Scanlandian city as dire, as troops led by the dictator Moslav parade the streets. He seeks out the provisional government in hiding, led by Gregory, and offers his help.
- Reprints
-
in The Blue Streak Comics (Holyoke, 1944 series) #8 ([1944]) [Only 16 pages are reprinted; page 11 is dropped.]
-
Indexer Notes
Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
The story takes place immediately following the events of issue #3.
[no title indexed]
Buck Burke / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stalking a herd of giant elephants
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Buck Burke
- Reprints
- in Miss Victory (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])
-
Indexer Notes
credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who
[no title indexed]
The Cat-Man / comic story / 6 pages
- 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 able to rescue the girl a second time and put the criminals behind bars.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Credits from Bill Black.
The Cat-Man loses the first of his nine lives in this story.
[no title indexed]
Secret Agent Z-2 / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Z-2! This is Professor Holley...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Secret Agent Z-2; Professor Holley
- Reprints
- in The Blue Streak Comics (Holyoke, 1944 series) #8 ([1944])
-
Indexer Notes
credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who
Carnival Trouble
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Richard Loring
- Pencils
- Pagsilang Isip (signed) (illustrations)
- Inks
- Pagsilang Isip (signed) (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Citizen Smith Comics (Holyoke, 1944 series) #9 ([1944])
-
[no title indexed]
Flying Trio / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They have been a scourge to the invaders...
- Characters
- Flying Trio (Ray; Low; Mac)
- Reprints
- in Miss Victory (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])
-
Indexer Notes
credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who
[no title indexed]
Jane Drake / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I tell you Sheldon, we just have to crack that ring of auto thieves
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jane Drake
- Reprints
- in Miss Victory (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #943 - Jill Trent: Science Sleuth ([September] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who
[no title indexed]
Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The day has come when science has penetrated the mysteries of the universe...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Solar Legion
- Reprints
- in Miss Victory (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])
-
Indexer Notes
Jack Kirby removed from pencils and inks (per Greg Theakston)
[Boravia vs. Poladen]
Blue Streak / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Streak [Don-Vin]
- Reprints
- in Citizen Smith Comics (Holyoke, 1944 series) #9 ([1944]) [reprint has only 5 of 6 pages]
-
Indexer Notes
Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Alec / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Rudolf Johnson (credited as R. Johnson)
- Inks
- Rudolf Johnson (credited as R. Johnson)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Alec is still captive of Yang's super submarine
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Alec
Indexer Notes
credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who
[no title indexed]
Shangra / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Nam Chung Po
- Pencils
- Pagsilang Isip
- Inks
- Pagsilang Isip
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We've got to carry on! He must get back to civilization!
- Characters
- Shangra
- Reprints
- in Miss Victory (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 ([1944])
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Strongman -
1.
["Look! Out there! A Boat!"]
Strongman -
2.
["Stalking a herd of giant elephants"]
Buck Burke -
3.
[no title indexed]
The Cat-Man -
4.
["Z-2! This is Professor Holley..."]
Secret Agent Z-2 -
5.
Carnival Trouble
-
6.
["They have been a scourge to the invaders..."]
Flying Trio -
7.
["I tell you Sheldon, we just have to crack that ring of auto thieves"]
Jane Drake -
8.
["The day has come when science has penetrated the mysteries of the universe..."]
Solar Legion -
9.
[Boravia vs. Poladen]
Blue Streak -
10.
["Alec is still captive of Yang's super submarine"]
Alec -
11.
["We've got to carry on! He must get back to civilization!"]
Shangra
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Jeremy Patterson
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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