Black Cat Comics #48

(February 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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The Lonely (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Howard Nostrand ?

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Howard Nostrand

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Howard Nostrand

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Even though my appearance is against me...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hilton (death); Johnny

Synopsis

While fishing during a storm Johnny throws Hilton overboard because he had been stealing money from the firm. Unfortunately the storm gets worse and Johnny has to jump overboard with a lifejacket on. Eventually they both get to a very small island. Johnny is asleep when a sleeping Hilton washes up on the shore by him. When Johnny wakes up he tries to throw Hilton into the sea but he keeps washing back up. He then buries him but decides to dig him up, tie a rock around his neck, and throw him into the ocean. Unfortunately, no one comes by to rescue Johnny and he gets very lonely.

Reprints

• in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#4 (September 1972) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v7#5 (September 1974)
• in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v10#[1] (January 1979)
• in FemForce Frightbook (AC, 1992 series) #1 (Fall 1992) [in black and white; originally in color]
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #4 (2007)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #8 - Howard Nostrand's Nightmares (November 2014)

The Nick of Time (Table of Contents: 3)

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I gotcha, Nick...

Genre

crime

Characters

Nick; Martha

Terror Tricks; Crook-ed Talk (Table of Contents: 4)

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Howard Nostrand; Bob Powell

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Howard Nostrand; Bob Powell

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Can you match this trick?

Genre

non-fiction

Les Miserables (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Manny Stallman

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This was Chief-Inspector Jaret's last day...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Chief-Inspector Cecil Jaret; Sexto; Les Miserables

Reprints

• in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#5 (August 1972) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#4 (July 1974)
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v9#2 (June 1976)
• in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v8#5 (November 1977)
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v14#2 (July 1981)

Pest Control! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Jack Sparling

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Jack Sparling

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I never needed an exterminator before.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Barney Shane; Annabelle Shane

Reprints

• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v7#4 (June 1973) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Help! (Gredown, 1982 ? series) ([1982] ?)

The Game (Table of Contents: 7)

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Tom Davis thought he'd try reasoning with his son...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Tom Davis; Seymour Davis (his son)

Dream... or Nightmare (Table of Contents: 8)

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The dream of a billiard game...

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non-fiction

River of Blood (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell

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Bob Powell

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Howard Nostrand

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Are you ready, Monsieur Fabret?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Henri Fabret; Marie

Synopsis

A prison guard comes to get Henri Fabret and leads him to the guillotine. Henri is very excited because he loves to see blood. He loved it as a child, he loved the war because he got to see blood and he loved to watch boxing because of the blood. He had a girl he liked but when she cut her finger he got so excited that he killed her. Now, he is needed at the guillotine.

Reprints

• in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v5#6 (October 1972) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v9#1 (January 1975), #v9#3 (September 1976)
• in FemForce Frightbook (AC, 1992 series) #1 (Fall 1992) [in black and white; originally in color]
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #11 (2011)