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Issue: Crash Comics Adventures #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #5 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagTemerson / Helnit / Continental
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Tem Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Vol. 1 -- No. 5 November 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-class matter at the Post Office of 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.

Only issue that is just "Crash Comics" on both the cover and indicia.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; The Blue Streak [Don-Vin] (inset); Buck Burke (inset); Shangra (inset); Strongman [Percy van Norton] (inset); Secret Agent Z-2 (inset)
First Line: With eyes that shine like searchlights
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Read the 3 Outstanding Comic Magazines

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crash Comics; Speed Comics; Whirlwind Comics
Synopsis: Promo for the three Temerson-related titles, although neither of the other two published any further issues with this cover date or later under Temerson's publisher. Speed Comics would be taken over by Leo Greenwald and then Harvey.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Notably, the Worth Carnahan-published series (Champion Comics, Cyclone Comics and O.K. Comics) which some sources associate with Temerson, are not included in this promo.

Inside front cover.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Strongman
First Line: Strongman, the mighty man of tomorrow...
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In Content Item: FlagCitizen Smith Comics #9 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Final Golden Age appearance. Decades after the character entered the public domain, Marvel Comics created their own version of Strongman, introducing him in INVADERS (Marvel, 1993 series) #1-4.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
First Line: Holy jumpin' fish hooks!
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In Content Item: FlagMr. Miracle Comics #4 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; un-named Chief of the Secret Service; Herr Blonker [aka Hans the Tailor] (villain, foreign spy)
First Line: In a cabin at the edge of a cliff..
Synopsis: David convinces the Chief of the Secret Service to let him handle the recent influx of spys coming into the country on forged passports. To do so, the Cat-Man must successfully live through a series of traps that the spy's have used to kill other agents that have tried to penetrate the spy's stronghold.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #9 published January 2012one page only
In Content Item: FlagMr. Miracle Comics #4 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCatman Ashcan #2 published January 1996
as The Cat-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]reduced from 8 pages to 6
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special #1 published January 2001
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]missing first 2 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Cat-Man loses his second of nine lives in the story. Catman next appears in Catman Comics #1.
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Alec & the Reign of Yang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alec
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In Content Item: FlagMr. Miracle Comics #4 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: next appears in CATMAN COMICS #10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Buck Burke
First Line: Buck and his hunters are breaking camp...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Streak [Don-Vin]; Tago (Streak's servant); Admiral Swan (explorer); group of Fifth Columnists (villains, all die)
First Line: The Blue Streak moves to free men of importance...
Synopsis: The Streak heads to Antarctica in search of a noted explorer who has not been heard from in 48 hours, and who had hoped to stake a claim on behalf of the U.S. for iron gold and oil in the region. He discovers the Admiral under avalanch snows, rescues him, but then has to fight off the Admiral's assistants who turn out to be 5th Columnists!
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In Content Item: FlagMr. Miracle Comics #4 published January 1944
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Blue Streak's last appearance.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jane Drake
First Line: Because of her innumerable escapes...
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In Content Item: FlagMr. Miracle Comics #4 published January 1944
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: This was the last appearance of the Jane Drake Detective feature..
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Bob Preston

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bob Preston
Character(s): Bob Preston (intro, only appearance)
First Line: The N.Y. Museum of Cultural History has commissioned young Bob Preston...
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In Content Item: FlagMr. Miracle Comics #4 published January 1944
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Only appearance of the "Bob Preston" feature (if it is intended to be a feature. It may just be the title).
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Solar Legion
First Line: Scientists freely admit that a century hence...
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In Content Item: FlagCitizen Smith Comics #9 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Waterfront Wildcat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Secret Agent Z-2
First Line: Cloaked in anonymity...
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In Content Item: FlagMr. Miracle Comics #4 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Shangra
First Line: We shall soon reach the palace, Jack.
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In Content Item: FlagCitizen Smith Comics #9 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: last appearance

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