Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1951-12-15 ?
Editing: Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #27 Edit Cover
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Special Xmas Issue
(Table of Contents)

Black Cat / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks:
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Santa Claus; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Rick Horne; unnamed orphan children

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Indicia info from a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/), which has a dealer's stamp of 'DEC 15'.

The Circus Vandals
(Table of Contents: 1)

Black Cat / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When death and terror stalked a merry circus festival...
Characters:
Dr. Zant (introduction, villain); Rick Horne; Tim Turner (Linda's father)
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

No Elias signature, generally indicating a different inker, probably John Belfi, whom Bails credits as inking this feature between 1947 and 1951.

The Crooked Producers
(Table of Contents: 2)

Black Cat / text story / 0.9 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lee Elias (spot illustration)
Inks:
Lee Elias (spot illustration)
Colors:
? ( spot illustration)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Rick, this floor show is a riot...
Characters:
Rick Horne; Carl von Blowheim

Mr. Zero and the Juvenile Delinquent
(Table of Contents: 3)

Black Cat / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Many movie stars keep diaries...
Characters:
Rick Horne; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Gary Smith; Doug Smith
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

No Elias signature, generally indicating a different inker, probably John Belfi, whom Bails credits as inking this feature between 1947 and 1951.

John Wayne
(Table of Contents: 4)

Famous Movie Stars / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:biography
Characters:
Rick Horne

Gridiron Hero
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Tootsie / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Fighting Bulls
(Table of Contents: 6)

Black Cat / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A chilling series of mishaps...
Characters:
Pedro (introduction); Pilar (Introduction); Rick Horne; C. B. de Pille (movie director)
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

No Elias signature, generally indicating a different inker, probably John Belfi, whom Bails credits as inking this feature between 1947 and 1951.

The Underwater Plot
(Table of Contents: 7)

Black Cat / text story / 0.9 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lee Elias (spot illustration)
Inks:
Lee Elias (spot illustration)
Colors:
? ( spot illustration)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The day was beautiful and Linda was free...
Characters:
Rick Horne
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Holly of Hollywood / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Paul McCarthy (signed)
Pencils:
Paul McCarthy (signed)
Inks:
Paul McCarthy (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Stop at my place after you finish work, Delbert...
Characters:
Holly Wood; Delbert; O. G. Snorkel (movie director)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Copyright 1950 Harvey Features Syndicate.

[Black Cat Judo Tricks]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Black Cat / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks:
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:sports; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:If a gunman should surprise you from the rear...
Characters:
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Special Xmas Issue
    Black Cat
  2. The Circus Vandals
    Black Cat
  3. The Crooked Producers
    Black Cat
  4. Mr. Zero and the Juvenile Delinquent
    Black Cat
  5. John Wayne
    Famous Movie Stars
  6. Gridiron Hero
    Captain Tootsie
  7. The Fighting Bulls
    Black Cat
  8. The Underwater Plot
    Black Cat
  9. ["Stop at my place after you finish work, Delbert..."]
    Holly of Hollywood
  10. [Black Cat Judo Tricks]
    Black Cat
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • John Pannozzi
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