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| I think the "young man" grinning in the 4th panel with the wavy hair and smattering of freckles is intended to be Van Johnson, not Red Skelton. |
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| I love Lee Elias' work on this series. He never scrimps on backgrounds or crowd scenes...witness page 5, last panel, in which every audience member has an individual personality. |
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| The first comment is 100% right. That's Van Johnson.
Bye the way, I remember buying this series when they first came out. In fact, I even recall purchasing Pocket Comics, probably #1, at a Five and Ten cents store(Woolworth's?), where we first get to see The Black Cat. It's great to get to see it all again, on this wonderful treasure trove of Comic Book Plus. Blessings Be Upon You. May you go on forever. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October-November 1947 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every other month |
| Notes | The main panel is by Elias, but the figure of The Black Cat looks to be Joe Simon on pencils and inks. |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne |
| Notes | The main panel is by Elias, but the figure of The Black Cat looks to be Joe Simon on pencils and inks. |
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| Comic Story | Black Magic (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Guest Stars: Bob Hope; Frank Sinatra; Red Skelton?; Mago the Magician (villain, introduction); Bessie (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Script information by Lee Elias and Mike Feldman (Per Sandell ed.) |
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| Comic Story | The Queen of Cats! (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Linda's cat helps to uncover the hiding place of jewel thieves, led by a former vaudeville clown named Rollo. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Rick Horne; Toby (a cat); Patrolman Clancy; Jonesie (film studio secretary); Guest stars: Lucille Ball; Humphrey Bogart; Bud Abbott; Lou Costello; Rollo (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | Script info by Lee Elias and Mike Feldman (Per Sandell ed.). In other Black Cat stories, Toby the cat is usually portrayed as a male cat. |
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| Comic Story | Judo Tricks: Lesson Three / Lesson Four (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Bessie (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Fingers Nelson: Part 1 (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Kerry Drake; Sandy Burns; "Fingers" Nelson (crook); Firetop; Mallory |
| Notes | Script credit was previously given to Andriola, but Saunders was the uncredited author for several decades from its beginning, on October 4 1943. These reprints fall between that date and pre-publication date of this issue.
Panels are reshaped and rejigged, with Andriola's signature placed on both first and last pages. |
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| Text Story | Vacation from Danger (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; her father; Rick Horne; Countess Von Bremen [aka actress Lana Lamont] |
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| Comic Story | The Madness of Dr. Altu (12 pages) |
| Featuring | Vagabond Prince |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Superhero | Characters: Vagabond Prince [Ned Oaks]; Chief Justice [Roger] (sidekick); Dr. Altu (villain, introduction); Mrs. Reginald Van Upp |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : I don't see any evidence of Kirby pencils here, but possibly those of Bill Draut. |
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| Text Story | Needlework (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Rick Horne |
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| Advertisement | What a Hit! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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