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 (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Buck Burke |
| Credits: |
Pencils: George Storm ? | Inks: George Storm ? |
| Characters: |
Buck Burke |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
The Cat-Man |
| 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. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Irwin Hasen | Inks: Irwin Hasen |
| 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) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Secret Agent Z-2 |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Irwin Hasen ? | Inks: Irwin Hasen ? |
| Characters: |
Secret Agent Z-2 |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Carnival Trouble |
| Credits: |
Script: Richard Loring | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Flying Trio |
| Credits: |
Pencils: George Storm ? | Inks: George Storm ? |
| Characters: |
Flying Trio (Ray Low Mac) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Jane Drake |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Dan Gormley ? | Inks: Dan Gormley ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Jane Drake |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Solar Legion |
| Credits: |
Script: Jack Kirby |
| Characters: |
Solar Legion |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Boravia vs. Poladen |
| Featuring: |
Blue Streak |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Dan Gormley ? | Inks: Dan Gormley ? |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Blue Streak [Don-Vin] |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Alec |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Rudolph Johnson ? [as R Johnson] | Inks: Rudolph Johnson ? [as R Johnson] |
| Genre: |
Adventure Humor |
| Characters: |
Alec |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Shangra |
| Credits: |
Script: Nam Chung Po | Pencils: Pagsilang Isip | Inks: Pagsilang Isip |
| Characters: |
Shangra |
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