Cat-Man Comics #v2#9 (22)

(December 1943)

Hands of Destiny (Table of Contents: 1)

The Catman and the Kitten / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles Quinlan Sr.

Inks

Charles Quinlan Sr.

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; Kitten; Japanese cult (villains)

The Demons of Death (Table of Contents: 2)

The Deacon and Mickey / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Grogan (signed)

Pencils

Jack Alderman (signed)

Inks

Jack Alderman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Deacon [Dean Denton]; Mickey Matthews; Caldron (banker, cameo, death); "Mad Monk" Rasputin Jr. (hypnotist, cameo); Satan [Pierre LaMarte] (villain, banker); Satan's followers (villains, members of the bank's Board of Directors)

Synopsis

Hearing a weird cry, the Deacon and Mickey exit their home and go out into the marshland, discovering a fatally wounded man who warns them of the "demons of death". Spotting several figures looking like devils, they soon spot those figures robbing a bank of their gold. Deacon puts a false ad in the personal column to draw them out into the open so they can be dealt with, and soon discovers the band of villains are members of the Centreville Bank's Board of Directors, wanting to embezzle the bank's funds.

Reprints

• in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) #[nn] (November 2016)

Keywords

Centreville Bank

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Craig Delich.

Last panel shows Mad Monk Rasputin Jr., who plays a large role in the next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Little Leaders starring Mickey and the Kitten / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Zere ?

Inks

Al Zere ?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mickey and the Kitten start out to scale the peak...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Mickey Matthews; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; Japanese saboteurs (villains)

Indexer Notes

Although Al Zere mostly did humour features, he did some "straight" work including "Minit Mystery" and "One Round Hogan," and this story very strongly resembles his work.

The Cry of the Killer-Beasts (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Jack Grogan

Pencils

Jack Alderman

Inks

Jack Alderman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hood [Major Craig Williams]; Hitler; Nazi dogs (villains)

Indexer Notes

Major Williams is in Hollywood, going around with 'Betty Lou'; at the end is an apology to 'Miss Ray Hermann', Craig's fiancée (also known as Rae Herman)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Blackout / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When Blackout Comes to the aid of the French...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Blackout; Happy (Blackout's sidekick); Baron von Richoften, Jr or II (villain)

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

The Ragman, starring 'Tiny', Six Feet of Dynamite / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Herman C. Browner

Pencils

Herman C. Browner

Inks

Herman C. Browner

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Breaking the monotony of routine news...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Ragman [Jay Garson, Jr.]; Tiny (his assistant)

Costly Curiosity (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

C. R. Schaare (signed)

Inks

C. R. Schaare (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

drama

Venture into Rebellion (Table of Contents: 8)

A True Personal Adventure / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

C. R. Schaare (signed)

Inks

C. R. Schaare (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

drama