| Club Holyoke Universe |
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| Representative Cat-Man (Holyoke) |
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Holyoke Publishing originated with Sherman Bowles, who had taken over his family’s Springfield, Massachusetts newspaper dynasty, consisting of The Republican and other papers. He entered comic-book publishing through his printing division, which took over two existing titles from Frank Z. Temerson’s Helnit Publishing Company: the superhero series Cat-Man Comics and the war comics series Captain Aero Comics. This occurred in late 1941, with comics cover-dated January 1942 and February 1942. Temerson’s staff, including artist Charles Quinlan, continued to produce both series. Quinlan had previously partnered with publisher Worth Carnahan in the companies Bilbara Publishing and Hit Publishing, leading them to often be erroneously grouped with Holyoke. Holyoke’s next acquisition was the superhero series Blue Beetle, taking it over from Victor A. Fox’s bankrupt Fox Publications beginning with issue #12 (June 1942). The two titles acquired from Heinit reverted to Temerson’s new company Et-Es-Go Magazines (later Continental Magazines) following Holyoke’s Cat-Man Comics vol. 3, #7, the overall 17th issue, and Captain Aero Comics vol. 2, #4, the overall 10th issue (both Jan. 1943). Later that year, Fox won Blue Beetle back in a lawsuit; Holyoke’s final issue was #30 (Feb. 1944). ~ Holyoke Publishing – Wikipedia
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