| has gloss | eng: Cat-Man and Kitten (also Catman and Kitten and The Cat-Man and the Kitten) were a pair of superhero characters created by Charles M. Quinlan and Irwin Hasen and first published in 1940 by now-defunct Holyoke Publishing. Due to circumstances in World War II, a radically-altered version of the characters would be published in Australia during WWII and reprinted in the 1950s. AC Comics would later revive the characters in the 1980s. Golden Age In 1940, Tem Publishing Co. (one of Holyokes several imprints) published a periodical titled, Crash Comics. Issue #4 featured the origin and first appearance of The Cat-Man. Cat-Man, a.k.a., David Merryweather, was raised in Burma by a tigress after his parents had been killed. From living with tigers for years, he gained superhuman abilities, such as super-strength, enhanced agility, natural night vision and the legendary "9 lives" of cats. |
