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| Fine Fujitani artwork as Dr Macabre returns to plague Catman |
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| Publication | August 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | The Cat-Man |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Cat-Man [David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Rose]; Dr. Macabre |
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| Comic Story | The Man Who Conquered Death! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | After murdering a scientist to get his famed "Z-Ray", Dr. Macabre learns that it has given a deadly gift: death by touch! And the Cat-Man and Kitten must stop him from getting the antidote! |
| Featuring | Cat-Man and the Kitten |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Fujitani [as B. Fuje] (signed) | Inks: Bob Fujitani [as B. Fuje] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Cat-Man [Captain David Merrywether]; The Kitten [Katie Rose]; Inspector Jenkins; un-named scientist (inventor of the Z-Ray, death); Dr. Macabre (villain) |
| Notes | Cat-Man's true last name was spelled "Merryweather" in this story. |
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| Synopsis | Someone is going to kill mr. Adams at midnight, and he invites reporters to his house to cover his murder. |
| Featuring | Molly O'Moore and Scoop Scanlon |
| Credits | Pencils: Nina Albright | Inks: Nina Albright |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Molly O'Moore; Scoop Scanlon; Bernard Adams; Estelle Adams; Professor Ostrow |
| Notes | Art very similar to her signed stories in Cat-Man #28 and Terrific #6. Profile of Molly, faces and movement of figures match. |
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| Comic Story | Portraits of Plunder (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two crooks steal a painting at the art gallery and disguise it with paint and then hand it over to the art professor who manage to get it out of the museum. |
| Featuring | The Hood |
| Credits | Pencils: Leo Morey (signed) | Inks: Leo Morey (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hood [Major Tom Wood]; Rae Herman (his fiancée); Happy Hollihan (villain); Pete Pallette (villain); an art Professor (villain) |
| Notes | Next appearance in FEMFORCE #29 (AC Comics). |
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| Text Story | The Cat Came Back (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Hypnosis In Reverse (6 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as Metro] (signed) | Inks:? [as Metro] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
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| Comic Story | The Zombie Master (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The spirit of Khara-El is displeased with his humble servants and demands a white victim for a blood sacrifice that would satisfy him. So he chooses the one known as the Zombie Master to seek out the victim: a nightclub singer named Ellen Cole. It happens that The Deacon and Mickey attend the performance at the club and see her being kidnapped on the street. The girl is forcibly taken, but a Policeman fatally wounds Kuala, whom the Zombie Master raises from the dead to attack the Deacon and Mickey. |
| Featuring | The Deacon and Mickey |
| Credits | Pencils: Rudy Palais (signed) | Inks: Rudy Palais (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Deacon; Mickey; Ellen Cole (introduction, singer); unnamed Policeman (introduction); Zombie Master (villain, introduction, death); Kuala (villain, Zombie Master's servant, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Art ID by Lou Mougin. |
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| Comic Story | Corpses Don't Stay Cold (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man frozen to death by a blazing fire, and the answer to the mystery is in an experimental quick freezer in the cellar. |
| Featuring | The Reckoner and Chipper |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Fujitani | Inks: Bob Fujitani |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Reckoner [Michael Shayne]; Chipper; Dr. Cole; Mortimer Grayson (introduciton; death); Grayson's former partner (villain; introduction) |
| Notes | The close up faces with very bright eyes and layout with many diagonal lines, look very much like the signed Cat-Man story in this issue. Probably him. |
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| Comic Story | Carnival of Crime (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Little Leaders |
| Credits | Pencils: Rudy Palais [as R. Palais] (signed) | Inks: Rudy Palais [as R. Palais] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Little Leaders [Mickey; Katie]; Dugger Knight (villain) |
| Notes | Art ID by Lou Mougin. |
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