Cat-Man Comics #v2#14 (9)

(April 1942)

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Cat-Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Quinlan Jr. ?

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Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)

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Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)

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Out of the murky darkness they came!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cat-Man [David Merryweather]; Kitten [Katie Conn]

Synopsis

Digging an air raid shelter under a graveyard, the workers are attacked by ghost like creatures.

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

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Black Friday / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Allen Ulmer (signed as Allen Ulmer)

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Allen Ulmer (signed as Allen Ulmer)

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Ha, ha, tonight there will be death!

Characters

Black Friday; Black Arrow (villain; introduction)

Synopsis

Black Arrow, a Nazi assassin, is killing G-Men.

Keywords

Nazi

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All in Fun / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Mom! I've been thinkin' isn't it time I wore long pants?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Consists of 5 single panel humourous cartoons.

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

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Alan Mandel (signed as Alan Mandel)

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Alan Mandel (signed as Alan Mandel)

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Only the mighty courage of the Hood...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hood [Craig Williams]; Nordem (villain); Mr Bell

Synopsis

The Hood defends an aircraft manufacturing plant from saboteurs.

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Pied Piper / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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By means of a secret charm to draw...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Pied Piper [Steve Prentice] (lawyer); "Bug" Bradley (villain)

Synopsis

The Pied Piper goes after a "Bug" Bradley, a gangland figure who has gone on a crime spree.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance, only one in costume.

Frank Fairplay's Rescue (Table of Contents: 6)

Frank Fairplay / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Horace Wallace

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Indexer Notes

Text with illustration.
It is possible that this story is a reprint of, or at least based on, stories in British magazine's from the late 1800s. Frank Fairplay was a character that appeared in a number of issues of Boy's Standard (1875-1892) in stories entitled Frank Fairplay's Schooldays.

The Case of the Sleepy Frog (Table of Contents: 7)

The Deacon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Charles Quinlan Sr.

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Charles Quinlan Sr.

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The Deacon; Mickey (sidekick); Dr Darro (villain); Slinky (villain)

Synopsis

The Deacon investgates a series of armed bank robberies, and why was a frog found at the latest robbery?

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Mastermind M'Ginty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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The little fellow with the super-duper brains...

Genre

humor

Characters

"Mastermind" M'Ginty; Mrs Whipper Snapper; The Ghost

Synopsis

M'Ginty helps a ghost overcome its inferiority complex.

Reprints

• in Cat-Man Comics (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1941 series) #32 (August 1946)

Keywords

Ghost

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

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Enjoying a lawless sinful freedom...

Characters

Rag-Man; Tiny; The Cloak (villain); "Scar" Brady (villain, death)

Synopsis

Rag-Man goes after a mysterious figure who calls himself The Cloak

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Little Leaders / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)

Pencils

Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)

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Charles Quinlan Sr. (signed as Chas. M. Quinlan)

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At Fort Buster...the 'Cat-Man!'

Characters

Mickey; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; "Butch" Bailey; The Deacon (cameo); Cat-Man (cameo)

Synopsis

Mickey and Katie head to their respective summer camps which, coincidentally, are very close to each other.

Indexer Notes

This is the first part of a 2 part story. The second part appeared in the previous issue (#8 on cover or V2#13 in indicia, Mar 1942), the two parts were published out of order.

Underworld, Inc. (Table of Contents: 11)

Volton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)

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Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)

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Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Volton; Mr. Ames (naval officer); un-named ship's Purser; Professor Fathom (villain, scientist); Underworld, Inc. (villains); Gangland, Inc. (villains)

Synopsis

What is thought to be a valuable platnium-producing formula disappears aboard an ocean-going vessel. Volton intercepts a transmission to Underworld, Inc. from a professor on board that the forumla is for sale, and Volton sends a message to Gangland, Inc. along the same lines. His aim is to capture every crook in the city! After the battle is over, the professor learns the formula is actually a synthetic tin formula!

Keywords

Empire City Building

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