Catman Comics (1941) comic books 1944

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.

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. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.