In this episode we discuss the Golden Age Catman as published by Holyoke! His first appearance was in Crash Comics Adventures #4 (September, 1940). He also appeared in the next issue of the same title (#5), but Holyoke renamed the title Catman Comics, but also numbered the first issue #5. Catman and his sidekick, Kitten, continued in Catman Comics until issue #32 (August, 1946) when Holyoke went out of business.
Catman #30 (1943)
In this episode we cover Spy Smasher from Fawcett. Spy Smasher made his debut in Whiz Comics #2 (February, 1940) and continued in that title until he changed his name to Crime Smasher in issue #76 (July, 1946). Crime Smasher continued until issue #83 of Whiz Comics (March, 1947). He had his own title, Spy Smasher, that later became Crime Smasher and continued until 1948.
Spy Smasher #4 (1942)
In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we cover the two great war titles from EC Comics: Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat. Two-Fisted Tales debuted with issue #18 in 1950 and ran through issue #41 in 1955. Frontline Combat began with issue #1 in 1951 and ran through issue #15 in 1954. Much of the EC war material represented in these two titles was the brainchild of comics genius Harvey Kurtzman, but many of EC’s other outstanding artists and writers contributed to these classic stories. All of the EC titles have been reprinted over the years, and these two are a must read for fans of Golden Age war comics.
Two-Fisted Tales #18
In this episode, we discuss all things related to Golden Age Science Fiction Comics. The first was Fiction House’s Planet Comics that ran from 1940 until 1953. Other classic Golden Age science fiction comics included the great titles Weird Fantasy and Weird Science from EC Comics as published in the early 1950’s. Some of the best and brightest creators of the Golden Age worked on these titles, and they are highly sought after by collectors.
Planet Comics #1
In this episode, we learn about the Golden Age Tomahawk from DC Comics. Tomahawk was a revolutionary war era frontiersman. He was created and drawn by Fred Ray and first appeared in the pages of Star Spangled Comics #69 (June, 1947). At first he was a back up feature in Star Spangled Comics, but he later took over the covers of the that title with issue #96 (September, 1949). Tomahawk and his sidekick, Dan Hunter, also appeared in the pages of Tomahawk, with issue #1 bearing a September-October, 1950 cover date. This title ran for 140 issues until May-June, 1972. Tomahawk was a very popular late Golden Age DC character who survived into the Silver and Bronze Ages of comic books.
Tomahawk #1
