Black Magic
#v2#6 [12]
(May 1952)
Prize,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-02-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
- A Prize Publication
- Editing
- Joe Simon (editor); Jack Kirby (editor)
Issue Notes
Possible arrival date based on front cover stamp of indexer's copy.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The boy has gone into a trance!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Black Magic Comics (Arnold Book Company, 1952 series) #5 ([circa late 1952]) - in The Simon and Kirby Library (Titan, 2010 series) #[nn] - Horror (March 2014)
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Indexer Notes
Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)
![Cover Thumbnail for Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v2#6 [12]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/47/w200/47615.jpg?8258042696478661572)
It's Your Funeral!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Phyllis; Uncle Bart; Lawrence; John Foster; Johnny Wilson; Tom; Paul
- Synopsis
- Uncle Bart slips into a death-like state and is almost buried alive.
- Reprints
- in Black Magic Comics (Arnold Book Company, 1952 series) #5 ([circa late 1952])
-
in Black Magic (DC, 1973 series) #5 (August-September 1974) -
in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #3 (December 1975)
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Contact!
comic story / 6.5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Carl Stevens; Professor Fallon; Denny; Clarisse Anderson; John and Mary Anderson
- Reprints
- in Black Magic Comics (Arnold Book Company, 1952 series) #5 ([circa late 1952])
-
Indexer Notes
cover story
Say the Magic Words
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Walton (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Walton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Benny the burglar; Dutch
- Reprints
- in Black Magic Comics (Arnold Book Company, 1952 series) #5 ([circa late 1952])
-
The Original! The Biggest! The Best!
Young Romance; Young Love / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- romance
Indexer Notes
House ad for Young Romance; and Young Love.
A Man's Castle
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Black Magic Comics (Arnold Book Company, 1952 series) #5 ([circa late 1952])
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with two spot illustrations.
A Giant Walks the Earth!
comic story / 7.5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (sourced); Jack Kirby (sourced) (splash panel only)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (sourced); Jack Kirby (sourced) (splash panel only)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jim Handley; Farrell; Arlington
- Synopsis
- Two pilots crash land in the mountains, disturbing a giant.
- Reprints
- in Black Magic Comics (Arnold Book Company, 1952 series) #5 ([circa late 1952])
- in The Simon and Kirby Library (Titan, 2010 series) #[nn] - Horror (March 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
We formerly credited the inks to George Roussos.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["The boy has gone into a trance!"]
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1.
It's Your Funeral!
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2.
Contact!
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3.
Say the Magic Words
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4.
The Original! The Biggest! The Best!
Young Romance; Young Love -
5.
A Man's Castle
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6.
A Giant Walks the Earth!
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7.
Appear Slimmer Instantly!
Ward Green Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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