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Issue: Cat-Man Comics #13 (8) Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #13 (8) of 11 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHolyoke
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Holyoke Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: This is the first issue of volume 2, "VOL.2 -No. 13" in the 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 series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cat Man [David Merrywether]; Volton
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First cover where Cat-Man is not hyphenated.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad, all in text, for Captain Aero Comics.
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The Spymaster's Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; Kitten [Katy Conn]; William Wade (called Mr. Watts at the end of the story); Piggy (villain); Dwarfy (villain); Schiller (villain); Baron (villain); Tigress Foster-Mother
Synopsis: Cat-Man and Kitten foil an attempt to steal plans for a new silent aircraft engine.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Cat Man's name sometimes has a hyphen, sometimes not.

Script credit by Craig Delich, per Charles Quinlan Sr.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): The Deacon
Character(s): Deacon; Mickey; boys in group home; Judge; Jack Fletcher; Slug Kanin (villain); Slug's thugs
First Line: An innocent man, framed by unscrupulous gangsters is sentenced to the electric chair!
Synopsis: The Deacon helps a friend falsely accused and convicted of murder.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Rag-Man; Tiny; Benny (villain, dies); Annie Cole (dies); Dr. Binge (Benny's brother, dies); two policemen
First Line: Midnight! A full moon casts its brilliant rays upon Glen Haven State Hospital for the Insane...
Synopsis: Rag-Man and Tiny go to a house with a stranger not knowing he is killer who has recently escaped from an asylum.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Who's Who of American Comics Books 1929-1999 indicates that Herman and Schrotter used the pseudonym "Gus Herman" on joint work. Presumably one pencilled and the other inked.
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Friday 13

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Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Black Friday
Character(s): Black Friday [Lee Ansley]; Von Sterber (villain); government guards (dies); Colonel Runavan; Sterber's crew; Sterber's pilot
First Line: It is midnight--the streets are deserted...
Synopsis: German spies try to steal an American battleship.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Logo for the feature calls it just "Friday".
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Frank Fairplay's Victory

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Frank Fairplay
Character(s): Frank Fairplay; Will Maitland; Tom Patton; Mr. Morris; Buff Branner
Synopsis: As punishment Frank and his friends are forbidden from attending the local carnival after the Dean catches them wrestling in their rooms.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Here They Are!

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Synopsis: Cat-Man; Volton; Hood; The Deacon; Mickey; The Pied Piper; Rag-Man; Mastermind M'Ginty
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Cat-Man Comics.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Volton (first appearance); gang of thugs; police captain
First Line: Flash! Enemy Planes Reported Off-Shore!
Synopsis: When enemy planes are reported off-shore, Empire City must be blacked out. Taking advantage of the darkness, gangsters attempt to rob the city bank. Volton senses the use of electricity, and arrives at the bank to thwart the thieves. When the raid is over, it is discovered that the lights won't turn back on. Volton investigates the power plant, and discovers more of the gangsters there.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Volton. This is not the same Volton that previously appeared in Worth Carnahan's Cyclone Comics.
This is Joe Kubert's first known professional work.
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The Green Vampire

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Pied Piper
Character(s): The Pied Piper [Steve Prentice]; Mr. Ford (death); Helen Ford (Ford's daughter); The Green Vampire (villain, death)
Synopsis: Mr. Ford is attacked and killed by the Green Vampire, which draws the attention of the Pied Piper and leads him to the Ford mansion to await the return of this evil being and prevent him from also killing Ford's daughter.
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Disclose Notes: The Piper gains powers from his magic flute.

Art credits by Craig Delich.
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Brainstorm Coming

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mastermind M'Ginty
Character(s): Mastermind M'Ginty; Warden; Honeysuckle Dearborn; Governor
Synopsis: M’Ginty convinces the governor of a prison to let him try to rehabilitate the prisoners.
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Pages: 5
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Read

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Aero
Character(s): Captain Aero; Banshee of the Red Hills
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad promoting the latest issue of Captain Aero.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Little Leaders
Character(s): Mickey; Kitten [Katy Conn]; David Merrywether; Deacon; Butch; Sarah; Professor; Nazi soldiers
First Line: Was Mickey to be the next victim of the Inner Circle?
Synopsis: Kitten and Mickey go on summer camp at the same time and together foil a plot by Nazis.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Little Leaders are Kitten and Mickey, the Deacon's sidekick.
This is the second part of a 2 part story. The first part appears in the next issue (#9 on cover or V2#14 in indicia, Apr 1942), the two parts were published out of order.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silent Sims
Character(s): Silent Sims
First Line: S. S. Kittie Katt to Sail on Cruise Around the World
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hood; Japanese Commander; Japanese soldiers and sailors; Emperor Hirohito
First Line: What happens when a lone defender defies the overwhelming onslaught of the descpicable yellow horde?
Synopsis: The Hood is captured by the Japanese.
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Cash Prizes!

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Character(s): an unnamed elf
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contest ad.
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Absolutely Free!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
Holyoke ad for a Comicscope and Wings of America.
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Most Amazing Sight You Ever Saw!

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.
A Holyoke ad for a Radiumscope.

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