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Issue: Crash Comics Adventures #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #4 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagTemerson / Helnit / Continental
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Tem Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose 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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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Strongman [Percy Van Norton]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Strongman [Percy Van Norton]; Moslav (villain); Gregory
First Line: Look! Out there! A boat!
Synopsis: Leaving Rutania, Percy's yacht picks up a boatload of refugees from the recently invaded country of Scanlandia. Turning his yacht around, Strongman assesses the situation in the Scanlandian city as dire, as troops led by the dictator Moslav parade the streets. He seeks out the provisional government in hiding, led by Gregory, and offers his help.
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Pages: 17
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Buck Burke
First Line: Stalking a herd of giant elephants
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In Content Item: FlagMiss Victory #3 published January 1944
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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)
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.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #9 published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagMiss Victory #3 published January 1944
as Origin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special #1 published January 2001
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Secret Agent Z-2; Professor Holley
First Line: Z-2! This is Professor Holley...
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Pages: 4
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Carnival Trouble

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Loring
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagCitizen Smith Comics #9 published January 1944
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Pages: 2
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Flying Trio (Ray; Low; Mac)
First Line: They have been a scourge to the invaders...
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In Content Item: FlagMiss Victory #3 published January 1944
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Jane Drake
First Line: I tell you Sheldon, we just have to crack that ring of auto thieves
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In Content Item: FlagMiss Victory #3 published January 1944
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Pages: 4
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Solar Legion
First Line: The day has come when science has penetrated the mysteries of the universe...
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In Content Item: FlagMiss Victory #3 published January 1944
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Pages: 5
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Boravia vs. Poladen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Blue Streak [Don-Vin]
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In Content Item: FlagCitizen Smith Comics #9 published January 1944
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Alec
First Line: Alec is still captive of Yang's super submarine
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Shangra
First Line: We've got to carry on! He must get back to civilization!
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In Content Item: FlagMiss Victory #3 published January 1944
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Pages: 8

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