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Issue: Cat-Man Comics #2 (12) Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #2 (12) of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHolyoke
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Holyoke Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Quinlan Sr. [as Charles M. Quinlan]
Disclose Notes: Some credits from Jim Vadeboncouer Jr.

Editor credit on Page 48.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; the Deacon
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed in the bottom-right corner, which also appears to cut off the name “Quinlan”. Previous indexer suggested C. R. Schaare.
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The Blue Beetle

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for The Blue Beetle Comic
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cat-Man [Lt. David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Conn]; Private Gregg; Private Smith; Sergeant Brown; Private Benson; Mako Saki (villain); un-named Japanese (villain); un-named Nazi Captain (villain); Otto (villain)
First Line: Along the lonely Rio Grande, Pvt. Gregg of the U.S. Cavalry, quietly rides his post!
Synopsis: After the disappearance of Private Benson, Lt. Merrywether and Sgt. Brown follow a suspicious couple and discover they are disguised Japanese who are working with Nazi soldiers to transport explosives through a cleverly disguised tunnel in order to sabotage U.S. war efforts.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #9 published January 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Junior wrote stories for his father during the 1940's when he was still in high school.
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The Mysterious Sanitarium

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Deacon
Character(s): The Deacon; Mickey; Doctor Crane (villain); Mr. Worth
Synopsis: The Deacon and Mickey investigate a plague of hysterical laughter that requires those affected to be sent to a sanitarium.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Killer at Large

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Rag-Man; Tiny; Bull Hogan (villain)
Synopsis: Bull Hogan escapes from Bedlam Prison.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volton the Human Generator
Character(s): Volton; Sheriff Pop Baylee; Jim Grady (villain)
First Line: Big time racketeers muscled into the peaceful town of Bayleeville --
Synopsis: When a new defense plant opens in Bayleeville, Jim Grady shows up to fleece the workers of their new earnings.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Final Golden Age appearance. Decades after the character entered the public domain, Marvel Comics created their own version of Volton, introducing him in INVADERS (Marvel, 1993 series) #1-4.
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Frank Fairplay's Vacation

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frank Fairplay
Character(s): Frank FairPlay; Tom; Will; June Benton; Mrs Benton; Mr Benton
Synopsis: Frank, while on vacation by a lake, rescues a women who is having difficulty after having fallen out of her boat into the lake.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: text with illustration.
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The Dungeon of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Blackout
Character(s): Blackout; Happy; Anna Kovik; Schwabach (villain)
Synopsis: Schwabach returns from the dead and once again captures Anna Kovick.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Road Show Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Leaders
Character(s): Katie Conn; Mickey
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script accreditation based on the Who’s Who entry stating that Quinlan Jr often assisted his father by writing the scripts.
The final panel includes a statement from the editor (Chas Quinlan) that given The US’ entry into the war, Cat-Man and Captain Aero comics will only ever publish realistic stories rather than the fantastical stories other publishers are producing, this could explain Volton’s cessation with this issue.
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The Jewel Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cora the Chorine
Character(s): Cora; Mike
Synopsis: While trying to stop a mugging, Cora is accidentally taken by the police as an accomplice.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Chilling Eerie Mystery Story

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An ad for issue #7 of Captain Aero Comics. Includes a reproduction of the cover and an illustration of The Mad Baron of Belgrade, the villain.
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U-Boat in the Atlantic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Phantom Falcon
Character(s): Phantom Falcon [Chuck Benson]
Synopsis: When a German U-Boat sinks an English supply ship, the Phantom Falcon decides to join in the search for the submarine.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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One Man Navy Lt. John D. Bulkey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A short bio of Lt. John D. Bulkley.
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The Voice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hood [Craig Williams]; The Voice (villain)
Synopsis: Missing FBI agents show up months later, dead.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Captain Aero Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Captain Aero Comics.

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