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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