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| Jack Kirby what can I say? One of the best attest ever! I never knew he did this little know comic Alarming tales. Great book, and good story's. |
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| This one book seems to be the roots of Kirby's DC work from The Project, Kamandi and even the Mobious Chair |
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| Wow! mid-Kirby at his best. |
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| Strange to see a couple of Black Cat text stories pop up in a Harvey Comic dated September 1957 -- when she wasn't being published in stories anywhere else. And in a science-fiction anthology comic, at that. My guess is that these were reprinted from earlier-published Black Cat text stories -- they probably realized at the last minute that they needed to include 2 pages of text in order to qualify for 2nd Class mailing permit. |
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| I liked this issue of the book. There is nothing super-special about either the writing or the artwork. But I found the stories themselves to be a cut above average -- more imaginative and unusual so that they kept me guessing about where the story would go next. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September 1957 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
| Notes | Cover is a composite with main figure drawn by Joe Simon and background figures by Kirby, per Harry Medryk: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4414
Previous indexer credited George Rousous with inking. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Tommy Donnegan |
| Notes | Cover is a composite with main figure drawn by Joe Simon and background figures by Kirby, per Harry Medryk: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4414
Previous indexer credited George Rousous with inking. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tony Curtis (photo); Debbie Reynolds (photo); Elvis Presley (photo) |
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| Content | Characters: Tommy Donnegan; Eddie Michaels; Max Hall |
| Notes | Contents page with scenes from interior stories. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Cadmus Seed! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Googer has created plant men. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Professor Horace Googer |
| Notes | Kirby inks per Harry Mendryk. Writer credits this issue from Martin O'Hearn. |
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| Comic Story | Logan's Next Life! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tom thinks his friend Rex has been reincarnated as a dog. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Tom Conway; Mary Conway; Rex Logan |
| Notes | Page count corrected by Chris Dosevski via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. Simon inks per Harry Mendryk. |
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| Comic Story | The Fourth Dimension is a Many Splattered Thing! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Eddie chases a burgler into the fourth dimension. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Eddie Michaels; Max Hall |
| Notes | Kirby inks info per Harry Mendryk. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tim Calhoun |
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| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Last Enemy! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Drake travels to 2514 AD. He finds dead tigers in a field. A rat tells him that all humans were killed in an atomic war and that animals inherited the earth. Drake is knocked out and back at their lair they demand the secret of making atom bombs. Suddenly the lair is attacked knocking Drake out. He wakes up in a bed with a dog, fox and bear at his side. The General enters the room and tells him that only rats want to continue fighting, everyone else wants peace. Drake gives him the secret of atomic bombs. Drake travels back to the present hoping that dogs will be better than rats. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Hammond Drake; Rat leader; The General (a bulldog) |
| Notes | In some ways, this story anticipates Kirby's later Kamandi strip, as it features a future world populated by talking dogs and rats. Kirby inks per Harry Mendryk. |
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| Text Story | Sealed Doom (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Linda and Rick are summoned to police headquarters to identify a dead actress. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Rick Horne; The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Charlie Niles |
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| Text Story | Blind Fury (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A press agent has been murdered at the studio. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Edward Joliffe; The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; C. B. de Pille; Rick Horne |
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| Comic Story | Donnegan's Daffy Chair (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Donnegan sits in an inventor's fancy chair and launches it. |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Timothy Donnegan; Sam; Frank |
| Notes | Kirby inks per Harry Mendryk. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Precision Miniature Secret Camera, from Honor House Products. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Kajar (photo) |
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| Credits | Script: George Jowett | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: George Jowett (photo); John Sill (photo); Tony Pascarella (photo); Jim Norman (photo) |
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| Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Yogi Berra tells kids how they can get gifts by selling White Cloverine Brand Salve. |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Yogi Berra |
| Notes | Ad in comic form. |
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