Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	September 1940
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title for this issue is "Crash Comics".

Cover Details

Characters	Strongman [Percy Van Norton]
Pencils	Bert Whitman
Inks	Bert Whitman

17 page Strongman story "Look! Out there! A Boat!"

Characters	Strongman [Percy Van Norton]
Script	Bill Scott
Pencils	Bert Whitman
Notes	credit source: Jerry Bails' Who's Who

5 page Buck Burke story "Stalking a herd of giant elephants"

Characters	Buck Burke
Pencils	George Storm
Inks	George Storm
Notes	credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who
Reprinted	in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3

6 page Cat-Man story "Origin"

Characters	The Cat-Man [David Merryweather] (first appearance; origin)
Pencils	Irwin Hasen
Inks	Irwin Hasen
Notes	credit source: Jerry Bails' Who's Who
Reprinted	in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3

4 page Secret Agent Z-2 story "Z-2! This is Professor Holley..."

Characters	Secret Agent Z-2
Pencils	Irwin Hasen
Inks	Irwin Hasen
Notes	credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

2 page text story "Carnival Trouble"

Script	Richard Loring
Letters	typeset

5 page Flying Trio story "They have been a scourge to the invaders..."

Characters	Flying Trio (Ray; Low; Mac)
Pencils	George Storm
Inks	George Storm
Notes	credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who
Reprinted	in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3

4 page Jane Drake story "I tell you Sheldon, we just have to crack that ring of auto thieves"

Characters	Jane Drake
Pencils	Dan Gormley?
Inks	Dan Gormley?
Notes	credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who
Reprinted	in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3 [first 3 pages]

5 page Solar Legion story "The day has come when science has penetrated the mysteries of the universe..."

Characters	Solar Legion
Script	Jack Kirby
Notes	Jack Kirby removed from pencils and inks (per Greg Theakston)
Reprinted	in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3

6 page Blue Streak story "Boravia vs. Poladen"

Characters

The Blue Streak [Don-Vin]

2 page Alec story

Characters	Alec
Pencils	Rudolph Johnson? [as R Johnson]
Inks	Rudolph Johnson? [as R Johnson]
Notes	credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who

8 page Shangra story "We've got to carry on! He must get back to civilization!"

Characters	Shangra
Script	Nam Chung Po
Pencils	Pagsilang Isip
Inks	Pagsilang Isip
Reprinted	in [Holyoke One-Shot] (Holyoke, 1944 series) #3