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Re: Black Cat 51 (Mystery)

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Re: Black Cat 51 (Mystery)
« on: August 30, 2018, 05:30:02 PM »

This issue is particularly infamous for Harvey choosing to self-censor the conclusion to "Punch & Rudy" -- editing the final panel into two, inserting a field of white, and turning it from a fairly average gory twist into a baffling non-sequitur. (A reprint in the 90's featuring the original art confirms the context clues in the staging and in Punchy's dialogue; that was indeed supposed to be Rudy's head he was battering around like a tetherball.)

Why they chose to undercut the story like this of their own accord is unclear, but I think a likely reason for their squeamishness was the Juvenile Delinquency hearings a couple of months prior, where Johnny Craig's Crime SuspenStories cover for EC provoked condemnation and debate over which kinds of severed heads were "tasteful" in the comics medium.

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