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Issue: Pocket Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #4 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Alfred Harvey
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: POCKET COMICS, Volume 1, Number 4, JANUARY 1942. Published Bi-monthly by Alfred Harvey 67 West 44th Street, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter April 18, 1941, at the Post Office in New York, under Act of March 3, 1879. Price 10 cents per copy. In Canada 15 cents per copy. Subscription for six issues, 60 cents in U. S. A. (Other countries 85 cents). No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine.
Printed in U. S. A.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Spirit of '76 [Gary Blakely]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Previously tentatively attributed to Bob Powell, but unlike issue #2 this is definitely not Powell. Joe Simon's "My LIfe in Comics" gives Simon as the artist on the first three (which is likely true for #1 and #3) but does not mention this issue. Some speculate that it could be Al Avison and/or Al Gabriele (who each likely contributed to the interior art). This is a very tentative credit, though.
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Decoy Destruction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Garboil (villain)
First Line: Bored by the obvious sham and glitter of Hollywood...
Synopsis: A U-boat torpedoes a boat Garboil is using to film his latest epic. Fortunately his cast survives, including Linda Turner. When Black Cat and Rick investigate, they realize the destroyed boat was only misdirection for the U-Boat's real target. They stop the Nazi spy ring from repeating the decoy destruction.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Black Cat [Harvey]" feature in Pocket Comics. The feature will move to Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 Series) starting with #18 (May 1942).
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Don Swan, Traitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spirit of '76 [Gary Blakely]
First Line: In his mysterious role of the Spirit of '76, cadet Gary Blakely...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Spirit of '76" feature in Pocket Comics. The feature will move to Green Hornet Comics (Harvey, 1942 Series) starting with #8 (August 1942).
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Hitchin' a Ride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
First Line: Dames is th' cause of all my trouble!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Private Pinky" feature in Pocket Comics. The feature will now appear as occasional filler in various Harvey comics. It appears next in Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 Series) #16 (January 1942).
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Satan Meets His Equal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Satan; Natas (introduction, villain, death?)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Satan" feature in Pocket Comics. The feature will move to Suspense Comics (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1943 Series) starting with #5 (August 1944).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Simpy
First Line: Ah! Now for some peppy exercise!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the only appearance of this "Simpy" feature.
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The Coming of Von Voff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
First Line: Grim, lonely death lies in wait for Spin Hawkins...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Spin Hawkins" feature.
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Captain Freedom and the Stratobomber Riddle

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
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Pages: 2
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Dr. Skull and the Thieving Orphans

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Red Blazer; Dr. Skull (villain)
First Line: Endowed by Dr Morgan with powers far beyond...
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Red Blazer & Sparky" feature in Pocket Comics. The feature will move to All-New Comics (Harvey, 1943 Series) as text stories (not comics) starting with #5 (October 1943).
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U.S.A.

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Cat [Harvey]; Spirit of '76
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Spirit of '76 [Cadet Lieutenant Gary Blakely]
Synopsis: Black Cat and the Spirit of '76 team up to stop a Nazi E-boat.
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Pages: 2
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Crossing the Black Cat's Path

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Alan Douglas [Agent 99] (British screen star); Linda Turner [The Black Cat]; Rick Horne; Garboil (villain); Karl Vern (introduction, villain)
First Line: Alan Douglas, famous British screen star returns to...
Synopsis: Agent 99 brings a list of every Gestapo agent in the United States to President Roosevelt. Agent 99 then helps the FBI track down the names on the list, starting in Hollywood with the film director Garboil and his superior, Karl Vern. There he meets the Black Cat and Rick Horne. Together, all three stop Garboil’s gang. Rick becomes jealous when Black Cat gives Agent 99 a kiss.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "British Agent 99" feature.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: USO ad, with small house ad at the bottom of the page
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Can You Solve These Puzzlers
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Pages: 2
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The Evil of Kali

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Amron (son of pharaohs) [The Phantom Sphinx]; Kali (Villain, introduction)
First Line: Revived from a hypnotic sleep of 6,000 years...
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Phantom Sphinx" feature.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Stars in the Spotlight!
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Pages: 2
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Battles the Human Frog!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (Ellery King)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): John Doyle (counselor at law) [The Zebra]; J. C. Terry (his friend, a Secret Service agent, death); The "Frog" (deported spy, villain, death); Reginald Stillson (head of the American Secret Service)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Zebra" feature in Pocket Comics. The feature will move to Green Hornet Comics (Harvey, 1942 Series) starting with #8 (August 1942).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
First Line: This is a great idea and my uniform can stand a cleaning!
Synopsis: A army soldier turns in his uniform for cleaning but is given back a navy uniform.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the inside-back cover

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