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| The first appearance of CAT-MAN --albeit w/ original wonky looking costume and all. |
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| This is what Cat-Man used to look like? And I thought some superheroes had some really bad first costumes. |
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| Yes, Cat-Man will get a new costume in Cat-Man Comics #1, and then his more iconic one in Cat-Man Comics #3. |
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| The Cat-Man episode in "Cat-Man Comics" #1 gave CM a new costume but kept the central gimmick of Irwin Hasen's "Crash Comics" character: that CM had nine lives. He dies in action, then the spirit of his Tiger Mom appears and resurrects him. With CM #2 this shtick is never mentioned again. The CM #1 story credits Martin Panzer and Charles Quinlan. I presume Panzer wrote the script. Beginning with CM #2 Quinlan has sole credit. Quinlan wrote a lot of his own stuff (or co-wrote it with his son). My guess is that Quinlan realized that if Cat-Man continued to die in every issue, his character would only last five more episodes.
In CM#27 the character got another reboot. Quinlan was gone, CM was given a completely new origin story, and Kitten had breast augmentation surgery and aged a couple of years. Over the last few issues of the comic's run Kitten was presented more and more as CM's adult partner rather than the kid sidekick she had been. |
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| Publication | September 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Strongman [Percy Van Norton] |
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| Synopsis | Leaving Rutania, Percy's yacht picks up a boatload of refugees from the recently invaded country of Scanlandia. Turning his yacht around, Strongman assesses the situation in the Scanlandian city as dire, as troops led by the dictator Moslav parade the streets. He seeks out the provisional government in hiding, led by Gregory, and offers his help. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Strongman [Percy Van Norton]; Moslav (villain); Gregory |
| Notes | Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
The story takes place immediately following the events of issue #3. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Buck Burke |
| Notes | credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who |
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| Synopsis | Rescued by a tigress after the death of his family in the jungle, David Merryweather returns to civilization, and, while listening to a radio crime drama, he hears the radio station being invaded by gangsters, and the star, Stella Richards, being kidnapped. Tracking down the kidnappers, Cat-Man is captured but is later able to rescue the girl a second time and put the criminals behind bars. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Cat-Man [David Merryweather] (introduction, origin); William Merrywether (introduction, scientist, David's father, death); David's un-named mother (introduction, death); David's un-named sister (introduction, death); Stella Richards (actress); un-named prison warden; Bull Jackson (villain) |
| Notes | Credits from Bill Black.
The Cat-Man loses the first of his nine lives in this story. |
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| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Secret Agent Z-2; Professor Holley |
| Notes | credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who |
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| Text Story | Carnival Trouble (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Richard Loring | Letters: typeset |
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| Content | Characters: Flying Trio (Ray; Low; Mac) |
| Notes | credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jane Drake |
| Notes | credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Solar Legion |
| Notes | Jack Kirby removed from pencils and inks (per Greg Theakston) |
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| Comic Story | Boravia vs. Poladen (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Blue Streak [Don-Vin] |
| Notes | Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Humor | Characters: Alec |
| Notes | credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who |
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| Content | Characters: Shangra |
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