Holyoke Publishing

" #4 (Aug. 1940).

Holyoke also was an early licensor of radio heroes, having success with comic books starring the costumed crimefighter the Green Hornet.

The company acquired the rights to such Fox Feature Syndicate characters as the Blue Beetle in 1942, following publisher Victor A. Fox's bankruptcy in 1942.

Among the well-known comics creators who did some of their earliest work there are Joe Kubert, on features starring Volton the Human Generator, Flagman and Alias X for "Cat-Man Comics" and "Captain Aero Comics". [ [http://lambiek.net/artists/k/kubert.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia: Joe Kubert] ]

Titles

*"Blue Beetle" — 7 issues
*"Cat-Man Comics" ("Catman Comics" from mid-1944) — 33 issues
*"Crash Comics Adventures" — 5
*"Cyclone Comics" —5 issues, plus ashcan edition
*"Foodini" —4 issues
*"Holyoke One-Shot" —10 issues
*"Power Comics" —4 issues
*"Sparkling Stars" —33 issues
*"Sure Fire"
*"Sure Shot Comics"

Characters:

*Alias X
*Black Out
*Black Widow (Holyoke)
*Black Venus
*Blaze Baylor
*Blue Beetle (between runs at Fox)
*Blue Streak
*Boomerang (Holyoke)
*Captain Aero
*Captain Fearless
*Cat-Man and Kitten
*The Deacon
*Dr. Diamond
*Flagman
*Gargoyle (Holyoke)
*Golden Archer (Holyoke)
*Grey Mask (Holyoke)
*The Hood (Holyoke)
*Jag
*Miss Victory
*Mr. Miracle (Holyoke)
*Pied Piper (Holyoke)
*Phantom Falcon
*Ragman (Holyoke)
*The Reckoner (Holyoke)
*Red Cross (Holyoke)
*Red Knight
*Robo of the Little People
*Solar (Holyoke)
*Tornado Tom
*Strongman
*Volton the Human Generator

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.comics.org Grand Comics Database]
* [http://ratmmjess.tripod.com/gold/page.html Jess Nevins' The Golden Age Heroes Directory]
* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/h/holyoke.htm An International Catalogue of Superheroes: Holyoke]
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/foxfeatr.htm Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Fox Feature Syndicate]
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/catman.htm Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Catman and Kitten]

External links

* [http://goldenagecomics.libsyn.com/index.php?post_year=2006&post_month=02 The Golden Age of Comic Books: Podcast of February 7, 2006]