Catman Comics (1941) comic books 1942-1944

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Ray Willner, Edward Lipowski, Harry Stephens and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 1 #11. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man and the Kitten investigate a plot to poison the water supply with arsenic. The Deacon tracks the source of a suicide plague to a mystery villain in a yellow curtain mask. Lance Rand tracks Norvo, the world's greatest mass hypnotist, after he escapes from an insane asylum. Cat-Man and Kitten: Case of the Invisible Death; Lance Rand: Norvo Escapes; The Deacon: The Case of the Suicide Master; Rag-Man: The Man Who Could Not Die; Devil-Dogs in China; The 6th Column; Pied Piper: The Curse of Damballa; Hurricane Harrigan: The Caravan of Carnage; The Hood: Mission to France. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Saul Rosen, Horace Wallace, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 1 #12. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man and the Kitten investigate the Lost City of the Aztecs and almost end up on the wrong end of a human sacrifice. Billy and his sister are shipwrecked on an island of monstrous beasts. Young comics geek Al Addin gains the ability to travel through time and space when he meets a genie who lives in an hourglass. Cat-Man and Kitten: The Lost City of the Aztecs; King Billy of Ainbrit; The Deacon: Murder on the Mississippi; Rag-Man: Death at Dusk; Devil-Dogs: Terror of the Purple Dragon; Frank Fairplays Home Run; Lucky Landers Meets Shirley Dale; Al Addin: The Magic Hour Glass; Americana; The Hood Battles the Man Without a Face. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Charles Quinlan, Saul Rosen, Horace Wallace, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #13. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Believed killed by Nazi spies, agent Lee Ainsley becomes the mysterious figure with a cool name: Black Friday. Gangsters frame an innocent man for murder, and only the crimefighter called The Deacon can save him from the chair. The Deacon's sidekick Mickey meets Cat-Man's sidekick Kitten at summer camp, where they solve a crime and form a team of their own. Plus an early story by legendary artist Joe Kubert. Cat-Man and Kitten: The Spymasters Doom; Black Friday: Friday 13; The Deacon; Rag-Man; Volton; Frank Fairplays Victory; The Pied Piper: The Green Vampire; Mastermind McGinty; Little Leaders; Silent Sims; The Hood. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #14. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood tracks a saboteur who wears a distinctive yellow cape and targets defense plants. Mastermind McGinty faces one of his toughest cases yet: helping a ghost gain self-confidence. Electric-powered hero Volton sets a trap for the city's crimelords, in an early story by legendary artist Joe Kubert. Cat-Man and Kitten; Black Friday; All in Fun; The Deacon: The Case of the Sleepy Frog; Rag-Man; Volton: Underworld, Inc.; Frank Fairplays Rescue; The Pied Piper; Mastermind McGinty; Little Leaders; The Hood. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, R. C. Butler, Courtney Dunkel, Robert Brice, Rudolph Johnson, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #15. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Mystery pilot Phantom Falcon provides air support when an Allied secret agent parachutes into Nazi-occupied Europe. Blinded by the Nazis, reporter Jack Wayne is transformed by Dr. Dismal into Blackout, who battles spies and criminals using special goggles. Volton uncovers a plot to murder a millionaire before he can donate his land to a boys' home, in an early story by legendary artist Joe Kubert. Cat-Man and Kitten: Indians; Phantom Falcon; The Sailor; The Deacon: Papers; Who Is Blackout?; Rag-Man: Element 23; Volton: Supply Thieves; Frank Fairplays Race; Alec; Little Leaders: Saboteurs; The Hood: Medallions of Death. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Joe Kubert, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Ray Willner, Courtney Dunkel, Robert Brice, Rudolph Johnson, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #1. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The crimefighter called the Deacon goes undercover in a factory in order to track down a saboteur. Electric-powered hero Volton tries to prevent the Lightning-Gun from falling into Nazi hands, in an early story by legendary artist Joe Kubert. Blackout goes behind enemy lines to create a tower of light to direct RAF planes to enemy targets. Cat-Man and Kitten: The Case of the Sauce of Disaster; Phantom Falcon: Battle Stations; The Indian; The Deacon: The Explosion Enigma; Blackout: The Bell Tower of Doom; Rag-Man: Hells Kitchen; Volton; Frank Fairplays Cave; Alec: The Reign of Yang; Little Leaders; The Hood: Der Teufel. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Sol Brodsky, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Ed Moritz, Ed Murphy, Saul Rosen, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #2. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Deacon and Mickey investigate outbreaks of hysterical laughter that drive the victims mad. Electric-powered hero Volton takes charge when a con man targets defense-plant workers. Blackout's old foe Schwabach returns from the dead and again captures Anna Kovick. Cat-Man and Kitten; Phantom Falcon: U-Boat in the Atlantic; Cora the Chorine: The Jewel Robbery; The Deacon: The Mysterious Sanitarium; Blackout: The Dungeon of Doom; Rag-Man: Killer at Large; Volton; Frank Fairplays Vacation; Little Leaders: The Road Show Mystery; One Man Navy Lt. John D. Bulkey; The Hood: The Voice. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sol Brodsky, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Ed Murphy, Robert Brice, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #3. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man and Kitten are targeted by Dr. Sinister in Mexico, but his henchmen kidnap the wrong people. The Deacon tries to stop a marihuana addict before he goes on a killing rampage. Air ace the Phantom Falcon faces a fight with Germany's greatest pilot - on the ground. Cat-Man and Kitten: Doctor Sinister; Phantom Falcon: The Nazi Super Ship; The Deacon: Weed of Doom; Blackout: Journey of Destruction; Rag-Man: The Rising Cult of Kahtoon; Frank Fairplays Ruse; Little Leaders: Gypsies; They Live Forever: Captain Hewitt T. Wheless; The Hood: The Nazi Bondsmen: The Breath of Death; I Killed the Apache Kid. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sol Brodsky, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Ed Murphy, Ernest Wernininck, Oliver Ashford, Hardy Austin, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #4. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. A plane is hijacked by Nazis; luckily, Cat-Man and Kitten are passengers as David and Katie. The Hood faces The Vulture's Claw, an air ace with a hook-hand shaped like a vulture's claw. Kitten and Mickey Matthews, young sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon, stumble on a Nazi hideout concealed in the heart of an American city. Cat-Man and Kitten: The Mystery Passenger; Phantom Falcon: The Enemy Falcon; The Deacon: The Two Crossed Circles; Blackout: Gestapo Search; Rag-Man: Chopper; Frank Fairplays Touchdown; Little Leaders: Nazi Hideaway; Our Fighting General: General Joseph W. Stilwell; The Hood: The Vultures Claw; Rip Van Winkle Tried to Kill Me; Wolves Nearly Got Me. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Sol Brodsky, Charles Quinlan, Horace Wallace, Oliver Ashford, Al Mandel and Al Ulmer. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #5. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Elderly physician Dr. Gaunt, aware of the passage of time, suddenly snaps and becomes a super-villain, in a Cat-Man story with a cameo by Holyoke editor Charles Quinlan. A mad scientist creates a giant android, described as "The Human King Kong," and sends him to the US on a rocket. Nazi air ace the Vulture's Claw returns to face The Hood, in a story with early inks by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. The Phantom Falcon undertakes a suicide mission to destroy an Axis airbase. Cat-Man and Kitten: Dr. Gaunt; Phantom Falcon: Does Death Claim the Phantom Falcon?; The Deacon: Wilhelm Sulz; Blackout; Rag-Man; Frank Fairplay, Soldier; Little Leaders: The Death Letter; The Hood: Return of the Vultures Claw; Cobber Kain; Pancho Villa's Yankee Captain. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Sol Brodsky, Charles Quinlan, Walter Palais, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #6. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, discuss "How to Lick the Nazis" in a PSA for War Stamps. Ragman searches for the mad scientist who unleashed the Human King Kong on the city. The Hood is puzzled by the Man Who Fought with Fun, in a story with early inks by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Blackout swears to prevent the Nazis from crushing the Polish underground. Cat-Man and Kitten: Flight to Doom!; Ranger Smith; The Deacon; Blackout; Rag-Man; Frank Fairplay's Dangerous Mission; Little Leaders; The Hood: The Weird Case of the Man Who Fought with Fun!; The Battle of the Solomon Islands; The Death Patrol. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

The Catman and the Kitten in "Rajah of Destruction." The Deacon and Mickey in "The Sinister Seance of Doom!" The Ragman in "Demon of Destruction" (art by Sol Brodsky). Blackout stars in "Slaves of the New Order." The Hood stars in "A Nest of Rattlesnakes" (art by Dan Barry). Other stories include "Little Leaders," "The Mysterious Bomber," and "Men Agaist the Sea." Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $595.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Spine of cover completely split and cover detached. Label #0291454005 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #8. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, discover Nazis hiding in the suburbs. The Hood faces the magical Death's Head, a decapitated Indian mystic with mind-control powers and a yen to rule the world. Blackout tries to prevent an experimental bomb-sight from falling into Nazi hands. Cat-Man and Kitten: The Golden Lure; The Deacon: The Case of the Right to Ride; Blackout; Rag-Man: The Symbols in Jade; Frank Fairplay's Dangerous Mission; Little Leaders: Cobweb of Blackmail; Pirate Peril; The Hood: The Death's Head!; Terror in the Tropics; A Bear Fact. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Bob Fujitani, Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Robert Turner, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #6. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood faces the ruthless Axis interrogator Red Lash, who has red whips for hands. Gangsters capture the Deacon and put him into a pit full of man-eating rats, but luckily Mickey is not far away. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, search for the train robber who stole a fortune in diamonds intended for the defense industry. Cover by Charles Quinlan features caricatures of the Axis leadership and doubles as a war-bonds PSA. Cat-Man & Kitten: The Two-Faced Terror; The Deacon & Mickey: Vanishing Vagabonds!; The Ragman: Adventure of Formula G275; Little Leaders: Diamonds for Victory!; The Hood: The Red Lash!; Chinatown Trap; Blackout: Death for the Nazis!; The Well Cooked Cook; Hog-Bound. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Sylvan H. Stein, Jack Alderman, Al Mandel and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #7. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, discover that the mysterious force destroying defense plants is a trained elephant gone wrong. While investigating a War Bonds robbery, the Deacon is framed by a scientist's widow. The true story of Fred Birchmore, who bicycled around the world in 1935. Cat-Man & Kitten: Larceny in Liquid!; The Deacon; Ragman: The Case of the Werewolf Butcher; Little Leaders: Keeper of the Mad Elephant; The Hood; Screwball Strikes Back; Blackout: Treating a Traitor; A Cowhands Reward; Journey into Jeopardy. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Jack Grogan, Jack Alderman, and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #8. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man and Kitten battle their arch-enemy, the porcine Mr. Peccary, after he escapes prison. The Deacon goes after black marketers who deal in ration books, designed to conserve national resources during World War II. American soldiers in Nazi-occupied Europe encounter Blackout, leader of the Berlin underground, and learn the secret of the old windmill. Cat-Man & Kitten; The Deacon: The Ration Book Racket; Ragman; Little Leaders; The Hood: The Mystery Sharks Nest Point; In Twenty-Five Years; Blackout: The Windmill of Betrayal!; Murders for Profit; Los Banditos; Black Market Butcher; Death Roams the Deep. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Charles Quinlan, Herman C. Browner, Jack Grogan, Jack Alderman, and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #9. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, battle Japanese saboteurs. The Deacon and Mickey investigate a bank-robbing gang dressed as demons, and trace them back to the bank owners themselves. Blackout battles the Son of the Red Baron. Cat-Man & Kitten: Hands of Destiny; The Deacon: The Demons of Death; Ragman; Little Leaders; The Hood: The Cry of the Killer-Beasts; Blackout; Costly Curiosity; Venture into Rebellion. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Quinlan. Stories and art by Don Rico, Herman C. Browner, Jack Grogan, Jack Alderman, and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 2 #10. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man heads to Europe when Hitler unleashes the Four Horsemen of Doom themselves. Blackout learns of a new Nazi secret weapon, sort of aerial napalm, developed by a lunatic and tested on British POWs. The Hood tracks Lady Satan, who targets defense workers, but she plans to get the drop on him first by abducting Ray. Cat-Man & Kitten; The Deacon: Fate Turns the Combination; Ragman; Little Leaders; The Hood: The Adventure with Lady Satan; Gum for a Gumshoe; Blackout: Firebrand of Disaster; The Siren's Wail; I Knew Billy the Kid. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Don Rico, Herman C. Browner, Jack Grogan, Jack Alderman, and C. R. Schaare. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #13. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood investigates the wealthy and corrupt Baron of Nazi-occupied Monte Carlo. The Deacon and Mickey encounter ghosts, Nazis and a miracle worker at the haunted Waverly mansion. Blackout faces the female Nazi air ace called Valkyrie (no relation to the Airboy character). Cover by legendary artist Alex Schomburg. Cat-Man & Kitten: Bombs Below!; The Deacon: The Man Who Could Work Miracles!; Tag, - You're It!; Divide by Two; The Hood: The Baron of Monte Carlo; Corny Cobbs: The Lost Suspenders; Blackout: The Valkyrie!; The Odd Job Boys; One-Man Army. 56 pages, Full Color. Note: 4 issues between #23 and #27 were not numbered, except for the Volumes and Numbers. Two issues are numbered 26. Cover price $0.10.

No number on cover. Dated 7/44. Volume 2 # 12 on inside cover. The Cat-Man and the Kitten in "The Eyes of Justice," the Deacon and Mickey in "Rasputin, Jr.," the Reckoner in "The Stamps That Spilled Blood" (art by Don Rico), the Hood in "The Sons of the Rising Sun," Little Leaders in "The Death of a Swordsman," "Heroes All," and "The Death of You" (script by Jack Grogan and Orren Ward Jr., art by L.B. Cole; 4 pages). Rudy Palais cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $999.95 or Best Offer View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Water damage. Cover and interior oxidation. Interior tearing. Staple rust, rust migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Lou Ferstadt. Stories and art by Don Rico, Charles Quinlan, Manny Stallman, Tom Van Buren, Rudy Palais and Bob Fujitani. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #1; numbering on this series is strange and inconsistent. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. Cat-Man and Kitten face Paperboy, an adult newspaper vendor who snaps and becomes a supervillain after being called "boy" too many times. Medieval kitchen servant Ned becomes the mysterious Golden Archer and joins the Merry Men as Robin Hood's sidekick. The Hood faces a villain whose every unlikely venture meets with success, because he has sold his soul to the Devil. Plus the debut of Leatherface, not a chainsaw-wielding maniac (the horror classic was still 30 years in the future), but a 16th century Frenchman who calls himself "champion of the damned." Cat-Man & Kitten; The Deacon: The Man Who Was Death; Leatherface: Count Vultiere; The Hood: The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil!; You're the Murderer!; Rufus; Little Leaders: The Tokyo Termites; The Golden Archer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Don Rico, Charles Quinlan, Jack Alderman, George H. Appel, and Rudy Palais. Sometimes listed as Cat-Man Comics Vol. 3 #2; numbering on this series is strange and inconsistent. The adventures of Cat-Man and other early superheroes from the Golden Age of comics. The Hood faces Voris the Fire Eater, who uses his fire-eating powers to fly and has been hired by a mobster to attack the US military. Robin Hood's young sidekick The Golden Archer faces the menace of Karzak the Devil Bird. Kitten and Mickey, the sidekicks of Cat-Man and the Deacon also known as the Little Leaders, investigate when some of their classmates become gangsters. Cat-Man & Kitten; The Deacon: The Terror That Walked by Night!; Leatherface: Count Vultiere; The Hood: Voris the Fire-Master; Dusty Dugan; Little Leaders; The Golden Archer: Karzak the Devil Bird! 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.