Holyoke Publishing

The Holyoke Publishing Company was an American comic-book publisher founded by Frank Temerson in 1940, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. Based in Holyoke, Massachusetts, its best-known original characters were the superhero duo Cat-Man (later rendered as Catman, sans hyphen) and Kitten, created by an unknown writer with artist Irwin Hasen in Crash Comics Adventures #4 (Aug. 1940).

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

History
Holyoke was originally known as Helnit. 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.

Creators
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.

Titles

 * Blue Beetle &mdash; 18 issues, June 1942–Feb. 1944
 * Captain Aero Comics — 23 issues, Dec. 1941–Aug. 1946
 * Captain Fearless — 2 issues, 1941
 * Cat-Man Comics (Catman Comics from mid-1944) &mdash; 33 issues
 * Crash Comics Adventures &mdash; 5
 * Cyclone Comics &mdash;5 issues, plus ashcan edition
 * Foodini &mdash;4 issues
 * Holyoke One-Shot &mdash;10 issues
 * Power Comics &mdash;4 issues
 * Sparkling Stars &mdash;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