Cat-Man Comics #v3#1 (11)
(June 1942)

Holyoke, 1942 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc.
Editing
?
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

Some credits from Jim Vadeboncouer Jr.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Cat-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles M. Quinlan Sr. [as C. M. Q.] (signed)
Inks
Charles M. Quinlan Sr. [as C. M. Q.] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]
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The Case of the Sauce of Disaster (Table of Contents: 1)

The Cat-Man and the Kitten / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Charles M. Quinlan Jr. [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed)
Pencils
Charles M. Quinlan Sr. [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed)
Inks
Charles M. Quinlan Sr. [as Chas. M. Quinlan] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-11-30. Quinlan Jr. was the writer of his father's stories in the 1940's while he was still in high school.

The Explosion Enigma (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Willner
Inks
Ray Willner
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Deacon; Mickey; Carl Pitts; Bohm (villain)
Synopsis
The Deacon gets a job in a factory in order to track down a saboteur.

Hell's Kitchen (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Allen Ulmer (signed)
Inks
Allen Ulmer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ragman; Tiny; Captain Bradley; Dumont (dies); One-Eye
Synopsis
A ship's captain takes money to smuggle spies out of the country and then throws them overboard.

[Sinister Conspiracy] (Table of Contents: 4)

Volton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Volton [Guy Newton]; Professor Peters (villain, death); Metz (villain, Peter's assistant); Volk (villain, Peter's assistant, death)
Synopsis
When the evil Professor Peters experiments with his dynamic Lightning-Gun, Volton feels the electrical emissions and checks up on it, just as the Professor is electrocuted. His two assistants short-circuit Volton and seek out the plans for the Lightning-Gun, which they plan to use for criminal purposes. Learning that the two are Nazi agents, Volton dispatches one and turns the other to the authorities.
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Keywords
Lightning-Gun; National Electric Company

Frank Fairplay's Cave (Table of Contents: 5)

Frank Fairplay / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Horace Wallace
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

text w/illo

The Bell Tower of Doom (Table of Contents: 6)

Blackout / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Robert Brice (signed)
Inks
Robert Brice
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Blackout; Anna Kovik; Jon Kovik (dies); Doctor Dismal; Otto; Happy
Synopsis
Blackout fails to save a member of the underground, but creates a luminous tower to guide RAF planes to their targets.

Agents of Nippon (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Saul Rosen ?
Inks
Saul Rosen ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Katie Conn; Mickey
Synopsis
Katie and Mickey stumble upon a nest of spies.

The Reign of Yang (Table of Contents: 8)

Alec / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudolph Johnson [as R. Johnson]
Inks
Rudolph Johnson [as R. Johnson]
Colors
?
Letters
?

Battle Stations (Table of Contents: 9)

Phantom Falcon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Allen Ulmer ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
aviation; war
Synopsis
A British convoy chops through the north Atlantic, and is attacked by Nazi planes. The Phantom Falcon answers an interrupted S.O.S.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Indian / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Courtney Dunkel (signed)
Inks
Courtney Dunkel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

Der Teufel (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Mandel (signed)
Inks
Alan Mandel
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
The Hood [Craig Williams]; Der Teufel (villain)
Synopsis
A Nazi saboteur uses explosive arrows to destroy his targets.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Cat-Man
  2. 1. The Case of the Sauce of Disaster
    The Cat-Man and the Kitten
  3. 2. The Explosion Enigma
    The Deacon
  4. 3. Hell's Kitchen
    Rag-Man
  5. 4. [Sinister Conspiracy]
    Volton
  6. 5. Frank Fairplay's Cave
    Frank Fairplay
  7. 6. The Bell Tower of Doom
    Blackout
  8. 7. Agents of Nippon
    Little Leaders
  9. 8. The Reign of Yang
    Alec
  10. 9. Battle Stations
    Phantom Falcon
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    The Indian
  12. 11. Der Teufel
    The Hood
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
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  • James Ludwig
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