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| Teriffic Lee Elias cover! |
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| I've rarely seen more action on a comic book cover. :-) |
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| Publication | March 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every other month |
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| Featuring | Black Cat Western |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner] |
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| Comic Story | The Silver Thugs (8 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Lee Elias | Inks: Lee Elias |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Clark Gable (cameo); Edward G. Robinson (cameo); Jimmy Durante (cameo); Rick Horne; Tim Turner (Linda's father) |
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| Comic Story | Judo Tricks: Lesson Sixteen (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner] |
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| Featuring | Movie Flashes by Rick Horne |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Rick Horne |
| Notes | Facts about movie stars supposedly compiled by Rick Horne, a fictional character from the Black Cat feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Aquarium Murders [Part 2] (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sandy falls prey to the Fiend, who leaves him for dead. The Fiend captures Scarlet despite her invisibility, and plans to feed them both to the Aquarium's sharks. Sandy comes to, and their struggle carries them all into the piranha tank. Sandy and Scarlet escape, and save the Fiend from a cruel death. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Fantasy | Characters: Scarlet O'Neil; Sandy; the Fiend |
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| Synopsis | Algy finally asks Winnie on a date, promising to call later that evening. The only problem is that Winnie's apartment building has 17 women who all share the same phone. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Winnie the Waitress; Maisie (her friend); Algy |
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| PSA | Haunted House? (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | A puzzle-style safety awareness feature, about likely causes of house fires. |
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| Activity | Comics Quiz (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils: various | Inks: various |
| Content | Characters: Kerry Drake; Scarlet O'Neil; Joe Palooka; Taffy Dripple; Mary Worth; Horace Dripple; Rick Horne; Jerry Leemy; Humphry Pennyworth; Sandy Burns; C.B. De Pille; Knobby Walsh; Pepper; Tommy Tween; Green Hornet; Babe Ruth; Terry Lee; Black Cat |
| Notes | A quiz of popular Harvey character vignettes with the challenge of identifying them. |
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| Featuring | Babe Ruth |
| Content | Characters: Babe Ruth |
| Notes | house ad for Babe Ruth Sports Comics. |
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| Comic Story | The Murderous Monkeyshine (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner]; C. B. de Pille (film director); Billy Blair (child star); Rick Horne; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Sigmund the Gypsy (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Barry Ward, Part 2 (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Mary Worth |
| Content | Genre: Drama | Characters: Mary Worth; Barry Ward; Karen Ward; Dr. Buff Beverly; Mrs. Kalchek |
| Notes | Script credit was previously given to Ernst, but Saunders was the uncredited author for four decades from its beginning in 1938.
Ernst took over the art chores in 1942.
Panels are reshaped and rejigged to fit a comic book page. |
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| Text Story | Stand-In For Murder (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Alfredo Huertchock; John Gold; Bernie Derringer |
| Notes | Alfredo Huertchock = Alfred Hitchcock |
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