(May 1949)

Harvey, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
every other month
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Home Comics Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics H
Editing
Leon Harvey (credited) (editor, vice president); Alfred Harvey (credited) (managing editor, president)

Issue Notes

cover says BLACK CAT WESTERN.
Indicia title is Black Cat Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Cat Western / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprints

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

Comics News / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Leon Harvey ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Linda Turner Rides Again (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Cat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney ?
Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprints

Lesson 17 (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Cat's Judo Tricks / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

number 17 in a series of instruction on judo moves.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Movie Flashes by Rick Horne / text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Rick Horne

Indexer Notes

Facts about movie stars supposedly compiled by Rick Horne, a fictional character from the Black Cat feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Robert Harvey (credited as Robert B. Harvey) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

The Case of the Boarding House Murder [Part One] (Table of Contents: 6)

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Russell Stamm (signed)
Pencils
Russell Stamm (signed)
Inks
Russell Stamm (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Scarlet O'Neil; Mrs. Miterbox; Roscoe Roland (villain)
Synopsis
Skinflint landlady Mrs. Miterbox has squirreled away a fortune, which she keeps stashed in her boarding house while living a life of misery. Ne'er-do-well Roscoe Roland happens to become aware of the fortune, and takes a room at Mrs. Miterbox's establishment under an alias. Detective Scarlet comes looking for Roland, but will Mrs. Miterbox, who is working on a scheme to gain her boarder's imagined fortune, reveal him?
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Winnie the Waitress / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Herman (signed)
Pencils
Vic Herman (signed)
Inks
Vic Herman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you sure its okay to borrow it, Maisie?
Genre
humor
Characters
Winnie the Waitress; Maisie; Wally
Synopsis
Winnie borrows a girdle from Maisie, but it brings nothing but trouble from her male customers.

Two-Gun Terror (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Lee Elias (spot illustration)
Inks
Lee Elias (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprints

Trouble In Death Valley (Table of Contents: 9)

Black Cat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney ?
Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprints

[The Karen and Barry Ward Story] (Table of Contents: 10)

Mary Worth / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Allen Saunders
Pencils
Ken Ernst (signed)
Inks
Ken Ernst (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
drama
Characters
Mary Worth; Barry Worth; Karen Ward
Reprints
  • from Mary Worth Sunday and daily (Publishers Syndicate) 194xx-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx

Indexer Notes

Ernst took over the art chores in 1942.

Panels are reshaped and rejigged to fit a comic book page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Black Cat Western
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Comics News
  3. 2. Linda Turner Rides Again
    Black Cat
  4. 3. Lesson 17
    Black Cat's Judo Tricks
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Movie Flashes by Rick Horne
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. The Case of the Boarding House Murder [Part One]
    Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
  8. 7. ["Are you sure its okay to borrow it, Maisie?"]
    Winnie the Waitress
  9. 8. Two-Gun Terror
    Black Cat
  10. 9. Trouble In Death Valley
    Black Cat
  11. 10. [The Karen and Barry Ward Story]
    Mary Worth
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony Oliva
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky