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Issue: Black Cat Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1947
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Issues: #8 of 65 Issues (68 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Publications H [Wings]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Home Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-58); standard Silver Age US (#59-65)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne
First Line: Now! Two Black Cat stories
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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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Black Magic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Guest Stars: Bob Hope; Frank Sinatra; Red Skelton?; Mago the Magician (villain, introduction); Bessie (villain, introduction)
First Line: At a gay Hollywood party...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #65 [unnamed variant] published April 1963
as Black Magic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Original Black Cat #10 published October 1993
as Mago's "Black Magic" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Queen of Cats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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)
First Line: Pit the jealousy of a demented man...
Synopsis: Linda's cat helps to uncover the hiding place of jewel thieves, led by a former vaudeville clown named Rollo.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #65 [unnamed variant] published April 1963
as The Queen of Cats [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Original Black Cat #10 published October 1993
as The Queen of Cats [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #82 published June 2010
as The Queen of Cats [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: In other Black Cat stories, Toby the cat is usually portrayed as a male cat.
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Judo Tricks: Lesson Three / Lesson Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Bessie (villain)
First Line: Blow from above with chair...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Fingers Nelson: Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Kerry Drake; Sandy Burns; "Fingers" Nelson (crook); Firetop; Mallory
First Line: Rewrite desk?
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Reprint Notes: from Kerry Drake Sunday and daily (Publishers Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose 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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Vacation from Danger

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; her father; Rick Horne; Countess Von Bremen [aka actress Lana Lamont]
First Line: "Just think, Dad..."
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Madness of Dr. Altu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Vagabond Prince
Character(s): Vagabond Prince [Ned Oaks]; Chief Justice [Roger] (sidekick); Dr. Altu (villain, introduction); Mrs. Reginald Van Upp
First Line: If you live to be two thousand years old...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Keith Chandler : I don't see any evidence of Kirby pencils here, but possibly those of Bill Draut.
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Needlework

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Rick Horne
First Line: "With such an instument it would be easy to kill..."
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What a Hit!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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