Cat-Man Comics #11 (6)
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeCat-Man Comics #11 (cover-numbered 6, indicia v1#11) holds a double distinction in Golden Age history: it is the final issue published under Helnit Publishing before the title transferred to Holyoke, making it the last book Frank Z. Temerson's Helnit imprint ever produced. At the same time, it sits at the heart of a pivotal creative moment for the Cat-Man franchise — the period in which young Katie Conn is firmly established as the Kitten, completing the hero–sidekick duo that would define the series through its 1946 conclusion. The issue also features one of the earliest Joe Kubert interior art credits in comics, a noteworthy detail for anyone tracking that hall-of-fame artist's earliest professional work.
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By the cover date of January 1942, financial pressures had forced Frank Z. Temerson's Helnit Publishing into an arrangement with Holyoke Publishing — formerly Helnit's printer — under which Holyoke took over the indicia starting with the very next issue. Helnit's entire creative staff, anchored by artist-writer Charles Quinlan, continued producing the book without interruption, so the transition was essentially invisible to readers on the stands. The series itself had launched in May 1941 as a successor to Crash Comics Adventures, inheriting that title's volume-and-issue numbering — which is why the sixth issue off the rack carries the internal designation v1#11.
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- This is the final issue of Cat-Man Comics published under Helnit Publishing Co., Inc. — the last comic book Helnit ever released, cover-dated January 1942.
- The issue carries the internal indicia designation v1#11 while displaying cover number 6, a consequence of the series inheriting the numbering sequence of its predecessor, Crash Comics Adventures.
- The lead story is 'The Case of the Sauce of Disaster,' featuring Cat-Man (David Merrywether) and the Kitten (Katie Conn), written and drawn by Charles M. Quinlan Sr. and scripted by Charles M. Quinlan Jr.
- Joe Kubert contributed interior pencils and inks to the Volton story 'Sinister Conspiracy,' one of his earliest documented professional credits in comics.
- The issue functions as an anthology, also featuring the Ragman in 'Hell's Kitchen' (art by Allen Ulmer), The Hood in 'Der Teufel' (art by Alan Mandel), and a Phantom Falcon text story.
- A 'Little Leaders' backup feature titled 'Agents of Nippon' stars Katie Conn (the Kitten) and Mickey, reflecting the wartime setting that dominated the series.
- Cat-Man was created by artist Irwin Hasen and debuted in Crash Comics Adventures #4 (1940); the Kitten character was developed by artist Charles M. Quinlan with an unknown writer.
- Beginning with the next issue (#v1#12 / cover #7), the series continued under Holyoke Publishing Co. Inc. for eleven issues through January 1943 before reverting to Temerson's new company.
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The Cat-Man and the Kitten investigate a plot to poison the base water with arsenic.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).
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