(May 1952)

Harvey, 1946 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Home Comics Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics H; Black Cat Mystery
Editing
Leon Harvey (editor)

The Last Man on Earth (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Al Avison
Inks
Al Avison
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
atomic bomb

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
?

The Last Man on Earth (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Powell
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Forbidden Room (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
John Giunta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inking credit based on comparisons of Giunta's other work at the time plus the ink lines in the characters' hair and their facial expressions. Gene Reed 3/20/2015

Man against Beast! (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

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

Strange Superstitions / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
People laugh at the idea of superstition -- but the...
Genre
non-fiction

Marching Zombies (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Bates; Sanders; Kalu
Synopsis
A tribe of zombies sacrifice two explorers in an attempt to appease their god, Kalu.
Reprints

The Case of the Tell-Tale Shoes (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Trick the Devil (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vic Donahue
Inks
Vic Donahue
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Aldo Von Carl, a peasant from the small village of Brunswold, makes a pact with the Devil. The Devil can have Aldo's soul if he will grant Aldo a wish. Aldo tricks the Devil by wishing for eternal life therefore he will never die and the Devil will not get his soul. Aldo is immortal now and nothing can kill him. However he is captured and executed via beheading. He survives but now is headless. Without hearing, seeing or tasting, Aldo is cursed to roam the land forever as a headless body.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Last Man on Earth
    Black Cat Mystery
  2. 1. Contents
  3. 2. The Last Man on Earth
  4. 3. Forbidden Room
  5. 4. Man against Beast!
  6. 5. ["People laugh at the idea of superstition -- but the..."]
    Strange Superstitions
  7. 6. Marching Zombies
  8. 7. The Case of the Tell-Tale Shoes
  9. 8. Trick the Devil
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike White