Black Magic #v4#5 (29)
(March-April 1954)

Prize, 1950 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Prize Group
Editing
Joe Simon (credited) (editor); Jack Kirby (credited) (editor)

Beautiful Freak (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Colors
Jack Kirby
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)

The Monsters of St. Laurant (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob McCarthy
Inks
Bob McCarthy
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

The Greatest Horror of Them All (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Tom; Fritz; Sing; Johnny Parker; Elena; Doc Lowry; Felix
Synopsis
Johnny lives in Sanctuary where other deformed people live free from the prying eyes of the public. He falls in love with Elena, the lovely secretary, until he learns her secret.
Reprints

No Cure (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Madame Cyanide and Mister Tricks! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer credited Jack Abel on inks but Nick Caputo notes that Ditko inked all his 1950s work and in this early period was experimenting with different inking techniques.

Lady in the Moon (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Message from a Murder Victim! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Eadeh
Inks
Al Eadeh
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Cry of Death (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lazarus
Inks
Harry Lazarus
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Maurice Rosenfield (credited) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Flight without Wings! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lazarus
Inks
Harry Lazarus
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Flying Dutchman (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Eadeh
Inks
Al Eadeh
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beautiful Freak
  2. 1. The Monsters of St. Laurant
  3. 2. The Greatest Horror of Them All
  4. 3. No Cure
  5. 4. Madame Cyanide and Mister Tricks!
  6. 5. Lady in the Moon
  7. 6. Message from a Murder Victim!
  8. 7. Cry of Death
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. Flight without Wings!
  11. 10. The Flying Dutchman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Randy Graves
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky