Black Cat Comics #8

(October-November 1947)

Black Magic (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Cat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Blanche Carlin ?; Beverly Suser ?

Pencils

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At a gay Hollywood party...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Guest Stars: Bob Hope; Frank Sinatra; Red Skelton?; Mago the Magician (villain, introduction); Bessie (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #65 (April 1963)
• in The Original Black Cat (Lorne-Harvey, 1988 series) #10 (October 1993)

Keywords

Hollywood

Indexer Notes

Script information by Lee Elias and Mike Feldman (Per Sandell ed.)

The Queen of Cats! (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Cat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Blanche Carlin ?; Beverly Suser ?

Pencils

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pit the jealousy of a demented man...

Genre

superhero

Characters

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)

Synopsis

Linda's cat helps to uncover the hiding place of jewel thieves, led by a former vaudeville clown named Rollo.

Reprints

• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #65 (April 1963)
• in The Original Black Cat (Lorne-Harvey, 1988 series) #10 (October 1993)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 ([June] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Script info by Lee Elias and Mike Feldman (Per Sandell ed.). In other Black Cat stories, Toby the cat is usually portrayed as a male cat.

Judo Tricks: Lesson Three / Lesson Four (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Cat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Blow from above with chair...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Bessie (villain)

Reprints

• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #63 (October 1962), #63 (October 1962)

[Fingers Nelson: Part 1] (Table of Contents: 4)

Kerry Drake / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Allen Saunders

Pencils

Alfred Andriola (signed)

Inks

Alfred Andriola (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rewrite desk?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Kerry Drake; Sandy Burns; "Fingers" Nelson (crook); Firetop; Mallory

Reprints

• from Kerry Drake Sunday and daily (Publishers Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

Indexer 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.

Vacation from Danger (Table of Contents: 5)

Black Cat / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Just think, Dad..."

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; her father; Rick Horne; Countess Von Bremen [aka actress Lana Lamont]

The Madness of Dr. Altu (Table of Contents: 6)

Vagabond Prince / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby); Joe Simon (signed as Simon)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby); Bill Draut ? (signed as Kirby)

Inks

Joe Simon (signed as Simon)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you live to be two thousand years old...

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Vagabond Prince [Ned Oaks]; Chief Justice [Roger] (sidekick); Dr. Altu (villain, introduction); Mrs. Reginald Van Upp

Reprints

• in The Simon and Kirby Library (Titan, 2010 series) #[nn] - Superheroes (October 2010)

Indexer Notes

Keith Chandler : I don't see any evidence of Kirby pencils here, but possibly those of Bill Draut.

Needlework (Table of Contents: 7)

Black Cat / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"With such an instument it would be easy to kill..."

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Rick Horne

What a Hit! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)