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| Sooo....Miss Victory? Did she not get the memo or something? |
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| Missing pages alot of pages. One thing that saves this comic is the first Cat Man. |
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| The cover of this issue is a reprint of the splash page of Miss Victory's second appearance in CAPTAIN FEARLESS COMICS #2 (Sep 1941), published by Helnit. |
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| Stuffed to the gills after Xmas, thought I’d find a corner to snooze and give this a shot- thanks to onlybizet for highlighting it.
Not sure why, but I liked Hasen’s art on Cat Man – perhaps it was the confident use of colour, but his line drawing is dreck! Jane Drake – Detective has pages missing and Solar Legion’s writing would embarrass a six-year-old. I was beginning to lose hope but then…
Shangra rescues the magazine with the semblance of a plot and the writer’s name, Nam Chung Po, is an anagram of one of my favourite drinks – Mango Punch - so I’m guessing it’s a joke? Perhaps the writer was also the artist Pagsilang Rey Isip - there are a couple of Filipino words in the script (Ikaw and Loko)?
I know, I know, you want my recipe for Mango Punch, here it is: one tot of Malibu liqueur, half-glass of mango juice, floating generous slice of lemon or lime and sweet strawberries on a stick (preferably from the Tamar Valley in Devon, gathered in early June) = perfect for any New Year's Eve party |
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| Is it me, or does this Catman story look like a blatant attempt to visually imitate Bob Kane's Batman? |
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| The Cat Man origin story is a reprint from Crash Comics #4 (1940). These "Holyoke One-Shots" all seem to be reprints of random comic stories without regard for whether the stories are complete or even whether the covers (just reprinted splash pages) show a character who is in the comic. It's a level of cheesiness that makes even IW reprints look respectable.
I'd say Hasen is indeed emulating Kane. Cat Man was produced by the Chesler shop. Hasen's first comics gig was with Chesler. He joined the shop in 1940. This would have been one of his first pro jobs. He was 22 at the time.
Hasen was an important figure in comics history, but I confess I never cared for his artwork. He did get a lot better than this, though! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | [1944] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | The cover has no relation to the contents. |
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| Featuring | Miss Victory |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Miss Victory |
| Notes | The cover has no relation to the contents. |
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| PSA | Missing... (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Courtesy Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. |
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| Comic Story | Origin (6 pages) |
| Featuring | The Cat Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Cat Man [David Merryweather] (first appearance; origin) |
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| Featuring | Buck Burke |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Buck Burke |
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| Featuring | The Flying Trio |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Flying Trio [Ray; Low; Mac] |
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| Featuring | Jane Drake Detective |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Jane Drake |
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| Featuring | Solar Legion |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Solar Legion |
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| Featuring | Shangra |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Shangra |
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| Featuring | It's Time You Knew |
| Credits | Script: Lee Lawrence | Pencils: Lee Lawrence | Inks: Lee Lawrence |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Featuring | It's Time You Knew |
| Credits | Script: Lee Lawrence | Pencils: Lee Lawrence | Inks: Lee Lawrence |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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