(January 1943)

Holyoke, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Holyoke Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Sparky becomes Spunky in this issue.

Office of publication: 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, Mass. Editorial and Executive offices: 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City. Copyright 1942 by Holyoke Publishing Co., Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Blue Beetle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ray Willner ? (see notes)
Inks
Ray Willner ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who is the Red Knight?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spunky [Sparkington J. Northrup] [aka Sparky]; The Red Knight

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020).

Don't Miss the January Issue of Catman (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Case of the Red Knight! (Table of Contents: 2)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Del Bourgo ? (credited as Oliver Ashford) (see notes)
Inks
Don Rico ? (credited as Oliver Ashford) (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A precious jewel, a fabulous emerald is the prize in a game of death.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spunky [Sparkington J. Northrup]; Joan Mason (reporter); Bentley (jeweler, death); Carl Lewis (jeweler, death); Count de Beaufort (villain, death, flashback); The Red Knight (flashback, death); The Red Knight [Count Henry Renaud] (villain)
Synopsis
Count Renaud enters the offices of two jewelers, announcing he has the fabulous Beaufort Emerald. Joan is on hand, wanting the story for her newspaper, and is invited to dinner at Mr. Bentley's that evening to get the story. Officer Dan Garret, knowing that the emerald carries with it a history of death for its owners, decides to be around....just in case, and learns that, during the time of the Crusades, the Red Knight, possessing the emerald, stops to rest for the evening and is killed for the gem by Count Beaufort. When the Knight and curse on the gem seems to return, the Beetle steps in.
Keywords
Bentley and Lewis Jewelers; The Beaufort Emerald; The Globe; The Helmet of Saladin

Indexer Notes

A new version of the Red Knight is introduced in Blue Beetle (Charlton, 1964 series) #5.

Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020).

Read the Catman and the Kitten (Table of Contents: 3)

Catman / photo story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Catman; Kitten

Indexer Notes

Promotional advertisement for Cat-Man Comics (Holyoke, 1942 Series) #v3#7 (17) (January 1943) including cover reproduction.

The Blue Beetle Starring Spunky.. in The Case of the Magic Lamp (Table of Contents: 4)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Mandel (see notes)
Inks
Ray Willner (see notes); Sol Brodsky ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Sultan of the great city was a wicked one...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spunky [Sparkington J. Northrup]

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020).

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

Papoose / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Willner (credited as Oliver Ashford) (see notes)
Inks
Ray Willner (credited as Oliver Ashford) (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How many times Big Moose have to tell...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Papoose (introduction, only appearance); Big Moose (father of Papoose)

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020).

A Mission of Death! (Table of Contents: 6)

V-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sol Brodsky (credited) (see notes)
Inks
Don Rico (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can anyone enter Nazi occupied France and return alive?
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020).

Six-Gun Law (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Horace Wallace (credited) (house name)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Likkity Split / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Willner (signed as Oliver Ashford) (see notes)
Inks
Ray Willner (signed as Oliver Ashford) (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Since his crushing defeat at the North Pole...
Genre
humor; children; war

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

The Sight-Seeing Bus Mystery!! (Table of Contents: 9)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Murphy (credited as Dudley Rutherford) (editorial, see notes)
Pencils
Ray Willner ? (credited as Cromwell Bates) (art, see notes)
Inks
Ray Willner ? (credited as Cromwell Bates) (art, see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Times Square in New York City is often referred to as 'The Crossroads of the World.'
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Blue Beetle [Dan Garret]; Spunky [Sparkington J. Northrup]

Indexer Notes

Listed as: "Art and Editorial by Cromwell Bates and Dudley Rutherford." on the splash page.

Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via the Digital Comic Museum (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=17278&page=69, retrieved 23 April 2020).

On the third panel of the eighth page, the dialogue box states, "Once more Wes and Sandy return to the sight seeing bus." This reference indicates that this was most probably a re-worked story originally intended to be a Sandman and Sandy story. It is likely the story was originally rejected by DC and redone for Holyoke's Blue Beetle.

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

Spark Stevens / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They're here again, folks!
Genre
military
Characters
Spark Stevens; Chuck; Myra Lee

Indexer Notes

navy

Free with this Offer (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Holyoke Publishing Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jim Prentice Famous Inventor of Electronic Football, Baseball, Etc., Announces (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Electric Game Co., Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Who is the Red Knight?"]
    Blue Beetle
  2. 1. Don't Miss the January Issue of Catman
    Catman
  3. 2. The Case of the Red Knight!
    Blue Beetle
  4. 3. Read the Catman and the Kitten
    Catman
  5. 4. The Blue Beetle Starring Spunky.. in The Case of the Magic Lamp
    Blue Beetle
  6. 5. ["How many times Big Moose have to tell..."]
    Papoose
  7. 6. A Mission of Death!
    V-Man
  8. 7. Six-Gun Law
  9. 8. ["Since his crushing defeat at the North Pole..."]
    Likkity Split
  10. 9. The Sight-Seeing Bus Mystery!!
    Blue Beetle
  11. 10. ["They're here again, folks!"]
    Spark Stevens
  12. 11. Free with this Offer
    Holyoke Publishing Co.
  13. 12. Jim Prentice Famous Inventor of Electronic Football, Baseball, Etc., Announces
    Electric Game Co., Inc.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Bill Crupe
  • Craig Delich
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore