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The Holyoke Publishing Company was an American magazine and comic-book publisher with offices in Holyoke, and Springfield, Massachusetts, and New York City, Its best-known comics characters were Blue Beetle and the superhero duo Cat-Man (later rendered as Catman, sans hyphen) and Kitten, all inherited from defunct former clients of Holyoke's printing business. Holyoke is sometimes confused with companies owned by Frank Z. Temerson, including Helnit, Et-Es-Go, and Continental; with Worth Carnahan's Bilbara Publishing Company; and with Temerson's art director L. B. Cole's packaging clients Narrative Publishers and Aviation Press. == Publication history == 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,〔("Holyoke (1942-1946) ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 which took over two existing titles from Frank Z. Temerson's Helnit Publishing Company:〔(Temerson / Helnit / Continental (1940 - 1950) ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 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〔(''Cat-Man Comics'' (Holyoke, 1942 Series) ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 and February 1942.〔(''Captain Aero Comics'' (Holyoke, 1942 Series) ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 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.〔("Worth Carnahan (1939-1940) ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 Holyoke's next acquisition was the superhero series ''Blue Beetle'', taking it over from Victor A. Fox's bankrupt〔(Fox Feature Syndicate ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia〕 Fox Publications〔(Fox Publications ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 beginning with issue #12 (June 1942).〔(''Blue Beetle'' (Holyoke, 1942 Series) ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 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).〔 By 1949, Holyoke Publishing was based in Springfield, Massachusetts and published ''The Open Road for Boys'' magazine. Holyoke Publishing leased commercial space at 1475 Broadway in Manhattan in April 1944. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Holyoke Publishing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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