He's
not the Cat-Man we showed you
yesterday...
...but,
this guy, who appeared in two issues of
Amazing-Man Comics (a year before
Crash Comics #4), was a super-hero with a
difference!
How different? Read on...
"Criminals are a cowardly, superstitious lot, so my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts...I shall become...a little old lady with cats!"
Tarpe Mills, the writer/artist of this titillating tale, later created
another, better-known, feline-themed comic character...
Miss Fury!
BTW, despite Wikipedia's claim that
Madame Fatal was the
first transvestite super-hero, this
Cat Man predates him/her by several months. (
Amazing-Man Comics #5 was cover-dated September, 1939.
Crack Comics #1,
Madame Fatal's first appearance, was cover-dated May, 1940!)
And yes, we will
present the second, and final appearance of this...unique...
Cat Man,
soon!
Curiously, though
other characters from
Amazing-Man Comics (and the entire
Centaur Comics line have re-appeared in Alex Ross'
Project SuperPowers, this
CatMan has yet to do so! C'mon, Alex, you can find a place for him...er, her...er, whatever...
No comments:
Post a Comment