(August 1951)

Harvey, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
every other month
On-sale Date
1951
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Home Comics Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics H; Black Cat Mystery
Editing
Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Black Cat Mystery Comics on the cover.

Indicia info from a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

Gateway to Death! (Table of Contents)

Black Cat / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Elias (signed as Lee Elias)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed as Lee Elias)
Colors
?
Letters
Otto Pirkola ? (logo design, see notes); ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A possible logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #39: BLACK CAT MYSTERY, on 25 April 2021.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Characters
The Black Cat

Gateway to Death (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Donahue
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is only one key to the forbidden door...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Peter Markham; Professor Lowry
Reprints

The Thing from the Grave (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudy Palais
Inks
Rudy Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was a dark and stormy night...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Betty Wilson; Linda; Mark Wilson

Portrait of Revenge (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Bruno Forto; Frances

Black Cats' Encyclopedia of Superstition (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; superhero

Jungle Curse (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Frederick Lawson

The Werewolf Must Kill! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lee Elias
Inks
John Belfi ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There roams this earth a cursed creature...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Robert Lupine; Ches Lupine; Helen; Margaret
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Weird Facts (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudy Palais
Inks
Rudy Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Throughout the world...
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Four unrelated panels featuring strange facts.

Mysteries of the Heavens (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Life as we know it on Earth...
Genre
science fiction

Horror After Death (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudy Palais
Inks
Rudy Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The corpse with the broken neck!
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Oliver Cromwell; Sir Thomas Moore; Inez de Castro; The Cid
Reprints

Voodoo Drums (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In Haiti, the little lizards are brown...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Marna; Derek
Keywords
Haiti

Powers of the Unknown (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudy Palais
Inks
Rudy Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Man's life on this Earth...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
William Kogut; Romeo; Juliet
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Five unrelated panels concerning stange deaths.

Now! Get Genuine Walt Disney Masks on Wheaties Boxes! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Gateway to Death!
    Black Cat
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Gateway to Death
  4. 3. The Thing from the Grave
  5. 4. Portrait of Revenge
  6. 5. Black Cats' Encyclopedia of Superstition
    Black Cat
  7. 6. Jungle Curse
  8. 7. The Werewolf Must Kill!
  9. 8. Weird Facts
  10. 9. Mysteries of the Heavens
  11. 10. Horror After Death
  12. 11. Voodoo Drums
  13. 12. Powers of the Unknown
  14. 13. Now! Get Genuine Walt Disney Masks on Wheaties Boxes!
    Wheaties
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Len Wolinsky