Temerson/Holyoke Publishing (Cat-Man Comics, Captain Aero Comics, Suspense Comics, etc.) 1 1

[Electricmastro]

Temerson managing editor Ray Hermann with a copy of Captain Aero Comics #v3#12 (14) (April, 1944):

Edited May 17, 2020 by Electricmastro

[jimbo_7071]

How does Continental fit in? These Cat-Men from '42 and '43 both say Continental. I've seen other issues for sale with Et-Es-Go listed as the publisher.

 

[Frisco Larson]

The only book I have a handy pic of for this thread.

[Electricmastro]

10 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said:

How does Continental fit in? These Cat-Men from '42 and '43 both say Continental. I've seen other issues for sale with Et-Es-Go listed as the publisher.

 

It seems that there’s enough of a direct connection for it to be grouped in with Temerson:

“What emerges from that gap in mid-1943 is Temerson's later company, initially called Et-Es-Go Magazines, Inc. (after his sisters Etta, Esther and Goldie) but soon renamed Continental Magazines, Inc.” - https://www.comics.org/publisher/129/

[circumstances]

Mail call! Captain Aero Comics #5, Holyoke, May, 1942. World War II cover. Joe Kubert art. 6 universal copies on the CGC census, none higher than a 5.0.

 

[Electricmastro]

On 5/25/2020 at 10:54 AM, circumstances said:

Mail call! Captain Aero Comics #5, Holyoke, May, 1942. World War II cover. Joe Kubert art. 6 universal copies on the CGC census, none higher than a 5.0.

 

Yep, interesting to see art from a 15 year old Joe Kubert.

[walclark]

On 5/25/2020 at 9:54 AM, circumstances said:

Mail call! Captain Aero Comics #5, Holyoke, May, 1942. World War II cover. Joe Kubert art. 6 universal copies on the CGC census, none higher than a 5.0.

 

Here's my copy in an enormous slab.

[walclark]

[walclark]

[MrBedrock]

[Electricmastro]

Splash page from Cat-Man Comics #22 (December, 1943). Art by Jack Alderman.

Edited June 22, 2020 by Electricmastro

[Frisco Larson]

[catman76]

[Electricmastro]

On 5/13/2020 at 4:52 PM, bounty_coder said:

 

Ah interesting!...CGC always has denoted it as Holyoke.

 

On 5/14/2020 at 1:43 AM, lou_fine said:

Well, I just checked the price guide and it looks like Overstreet have the publishers listed as "Holyoke Publ. Co. / Narrative Publ." which means to me it's probably issue dependent.  

I also checked the Grand Comics Database and it looks like they Narrative Publishers listed for Power Comics #1, #2, & #4 and only a "?" for Power Comics #3.  

In any case, I made a thread for distinct and small comic book publishers, including Narrative’s Power Comics, for the sake of organization. Feel free to post any other appropriate comics on there:

 

[Electricmastro]

Captain Aero Comics #3 (March, 1942). Art by Charles Quinlan.

[Electricmastro]

Some of Jack Alderman’s splash pages he drew for Temerson. I definitely feel he put in as much effort as he could for these, giving me the impression as if they were movie posters.

Sources:
Captain Aero Comics #11 (September, 1943)
Suspense Comics #2 (February, 1944)
Cat-Man Comics #23 (March, 1944)
Suspense Comics #3 (April, 1944)

Edited March 3, 2021 by Electricmastro

[circumstances]

Mail call! (thanks to Electricmastro for pointing out this is a Holyoke ish).

 

 

[circumstances]

Mail call!

Captain Aero #2.

Says Vol. 1 #8 on the inside.

First Holyoke ish.

Charles Quinlan WWII cover.

4 universal on the census (1 restored).

 

[path4play]

Grabbed two Sparkling Stars covers that popped up.