Issue: #4
Published: September 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: Vo. 1 — No. 4 September 1940
CRASH COMICS is published monthly by Tem Publishing Co., Inc. Office of publication, Meriden, Conn. Editorial Offices, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for entry as second-calss matter at the Post Office at Meriden, Conn. under the Act of March 3, 1879, pending. Price 10 cents per copy. Subscription rates, 12 issues for $1.20 in the United States and its possessions. Copyright 1940 by Tem Publishing Co. Inc. Printed in the U. S. A.
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| Comic Story (17 pages) |
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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. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Strongman [Percy Van Norton] Moslav (villain) Gregory |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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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. |
| 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) |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Carnival Trouble |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Loring | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Characters: |
Shangra |
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