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Date | Number: v2 13 | Lang: English (en)
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Is this story here the earliest ever Joe Kubert art?
   By
This is another issue where the GCD attribution of art for the cover and the Catman story to Charles M. Quinlan seems WAY off. Compare them to the Deacon story in this issue, which is typical Quinlan with heavy ink-lines. The cover is actually very good, but it's not Quinlan. I wonder if it might be Kubert, who drew the Volton story in this issue.
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Agreed, Dwilt (though it's the Little Leaders story, not The Deacon, with Quinlan art). Quinlan drew solid figures and inked precisely. The artists of this and the preceding Cat-Man story ink sketchily and their figures just aren't as well-drawn. Speaking of the Little Leaders, I was surprised to see Kitten mowing down the Nazis with a pistol. Golden Age "kid commando" characters used guns but it's unusual for superhero kid sidekicks.
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Knocked-out by the opening frame of Little Leaders – in fact, Quinlan’s art is distinctive all through the story – something eerie and unsettling about it. Good to see Katy (Kitten) in a lead role – she’s growing on me as a character.
   By
Goof time! Check out the last panel on our page 60. The caption was actually an instruction to the artist which got lettered by mistake: "A wave of bombers is seen flying out of the clouds toward the reader."
   By
Couple of things. The writers here don't seem to worry at all about details. In 'Spymasters Doom' where were Catman and Kit hiding their costumes before they were locked in the room? in 'little leaders' {Template for Teen Titans?] where did Kitten get the gun from? She's not wearing much and didn't have it on the previous pages. To me the most interesting question is, If you were Catman would you have given Kitten a gun? But full marks to the writer that, in a story with two males and a female, Kitten takes the lead role and rescues Mickey. 'Voltron' is so unlike Kubert that if you said this was his first work ever, I would believe. Its as if he was trying to imitate Lou Fine. And not succeeding. The best art here is the two stories by Allen Ulmer. He works here in the standard 9 panel format, but he just can't stay confined to that and keeps breaking out all over the place. Whoever did the 'Mastermind M'Ginty' story is excellent too. Looks like Jack Cole. Story is very silly tho. This book feels like a tryout for creators who went on to better things.
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To give the writer credit, Kitten is carrying the gun wrapped up in a bundle ("Poor Sarah! If she knew I had a gun in this package, she'd faint!") We can assume she brought it to camp in her luggage. In the final judgement, though, it did't make sense then for a twelve-year-old to go to summer camp packing heat. (Nowadays? That's another story.) I'm glad the writer decided to disarm Kitten in future stories. By the way, this Little Leaders story makes a lot more sense if you read the one in #9 first. This is the second half of a two-parter run out of order. The other (first) half explains how the kids got to know each other and who Butch is.
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re volton yeah i can see glimpses of what joe kubert later became in this,,,, still pretty cool
  
Additional Information
 
NameCat-Man Comics 8 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly
NotesThis is the first issue of volume 2, "VOL.2 -No. 13" in the indicia.
 
Cover1 page
GenreSuperhero
CharactersCat Man [David Merrywether]; Volton
PencilsCharles Quinlan Sr. Charles Quinlan Sr.
InksCharles Quinlan Sr. Charles Quinlan Sr.
NotesFirst cover where Cat-Man is not hyphenated.
 
Publisher advertisementNo Title (1 page)
Script? (promo copy)
Letterstypeset
NotesInside front cover. House ad, all in text, for Captain Aero Comics.
 
Comic StoryThe Spymaster's Doom! / Cat-Man (9 pages)
SynopsisCat-Man and Kitten foil an attempt to steal plans for a new silent aircraft engine.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersCat-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
Script
PencilsCharles Quinlan Sr.
InksCharles Quinlan Sr.
NotesCat Man's name sometimes has a hyphen, sometimes not.

Script credit by Craig Delich, per Charles Quinlan Sr.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (6 pages)
SynopsisThe Deacon helps a friend falsely accused and convicted of murder.
FeatureThe Deacon
GenreAdventure; Detective-mystery
CharactersDeacon; Mickey; boys in group home; Judge; Jack Fletcher; Slug Kanin (villain); Slug's thugs
First LineAn innocent man, framed by unscrupulous gangsters is sentenced to the electric chair!
 
StoryThe Rag-Man (6 pages)
SynopsisRag-Man and Tiny go to a house with a stranger not knowing he is killer who has recently escaped from an asylum.
GenreDetective-mystery; Superhero
CharactersRag-Man; Tiny; Benny (villain, dies); Annie Cole (dies); Dr. Binge (Benny's brother, dies); two policemen
PencilsHerman C. Browner (signed) Gus Schrotter (signed)
InksHerman C. Browner (signed) Gus Schrotter (signed)
First LineMidnight! A full moon casts its brilliant rays upon Glen Haven State Hospital for the Insane...
NotesWho'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.
 
Comic StoryFriday 13 (6 pages)
SynopsisGerman spies try to steal an American battleship.
FeatureBlack Friday
GenreCrime; Detective-mystery
CharactersBlack Friday [Lee Ansley]; Von Sterber (villain); government guards (dies); Colonel Runavan; Sterber's crew; Sterber's pilot
PencilsAllen Ulmer (signed)
InksAllen Ulmer (signed)
First LineIt is midnight--the streets are deserted...
NotesLogo for the feature calls it just "Friday".
 
Text StoryFrank Fairplay's Victory (3 pages)
SynopsisAs punishment Frank and his friends are forbidden from attending the local carnival after the Dean catches them wrestling in their rooms.
FeatureFrank Fairplay
Letterstypeset
GenreAdventure
CharactersFrank Fairplay; Will Maitland; Tom Patton; Mr. Morris; Buff Branner
Script (signed)
PencilsSaul Rosen (illustrations) (signed) ?
InksSaul Rosen (illustrations) (signed) ?
NotesIt 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.
 
Publisher advertisementHere They Are! (1 page)
SynopsisCat-Man; Volton; Hood; The Deacon; Mickey; The Pied Piper; Rag-Man; Mastermind M'Ginty
Script? (promo copy)
NotesHouse ad for Cat-Man Comics.
 
StoryVolton (6 pages)
SynopsisWhen 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.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersVolton (first appearance); gang of thugs; police captain
PencilsJoe Kubert (signed)
InksJoe Kubert (signed)
First LineFlash! Enemy Planes Reported Off-Shore!
NotesFirst 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.
 
Comic StoryThe Green Vampire (6 pages)
SynopsisMr. 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.
FeatureThe Pied Piper
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Pied Piper [Steve Prentice]; Mr. Ford (death); Helen Ford (Ford's daughter); The Green Vampire (villain, death)
PencilsAllen Ulmer ?
InksAllen Ulmer ?
NotesThe Piper gains powers from his magic flute.

Art credits by Craig Delich.
 
Comic StoryBrainstorm Coming (5 pages)
SynopsisM’Ginty convinces the governor of a prison to let him try to rehabilitate the prisoners.
FeatureMastermind M'Ginty
GenreHumor
CharactersMastermind M'Ginty; Warden; Honeysuckle Dearborn; Governor
 
Publisher advertisementRead (1 page)
FeatureCaptain Aero
Script? (promo copy)
GenreAdventure
CharactersCaptain Aero; Banshee of the Red Hills
NotesHouse ad promoting the latest issue of Captain Aero.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (7 pages)
SynopsisKitten and Mickey go on summer camp at the same time and together foil a plot by Nazis.
FeatureLittle Leaders
GenreSuperhero
CharactersMickey; Kitten [Katy Conn]; David Merrywether; Deacon; Butch; Sarah; Professor; Nazi soldiers
PencilsCharles Quinlan Sr. (signed)
InksCharles Quinlan Sr. (signed)
First LineWas Mickey to be the next victim of the Inner Circle?
NotesLittle 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.
 
Comic StoryNo Title (1 page)
FeatureSilent Sims
GenreHumor
CharactersSilent Sims
First LineS. S. Kittie Katt to Sail on Cruise Around the World
 
StoryThe Hood (6 pages)
SynopsisThe Hood is captured by the Japanese.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersHood; Japanese Commander; Japanese soldiers and sailors; Emperor Hirohito
PencilsAlan Mandel
InksAlan Mandel
First LineWhat happens when a lone defender defies the overwhelming onslaught of the descpicable yellow horde?
 
Publisher advertisementCash Prizes! (1 page)
Script? (promo copy)
Charactersan unnamed elf
NotesContest ad.
 
Publisher advertisementAbsolutely Free! (1 page)
Script? (ad copy)
Pencils? (illustrations)
Inks? (illustrations)
Letterstypeset
NotesInside back cover.
Holyoke ad for a Comicscope and Wings of America.
 
Publisher advertisementMost Amazing Sight You Ever Saw! (1 page)
Script? (ad copy)
Pencils? (illustrations)
Inks? (illustrations)
NotesBack cover.
A Holyoke ad for a Radiumscope.
 
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