Black Cat #61

(January 1958)

In This Issue (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Simon ?

Inks

George Roussos ?

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen

Indexer Notes

Possible Nostrand art per Harry Mendryk.

Colorama (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Howard Nostrand ?

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45 (August 1953)
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #6 ([circa 1960])
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #6 ([1963])
• in The Best of Horror and Science Fiction Comics (Bruce Webster, 1987 series) #1 (1987)

Indexer Notes

This reprint of the story includes Code changes.

Invasion From.. Mars! (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Unknown Worlds! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Morisi ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Line-Up (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand; Al Avison

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45 (August 1953)
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #6 ([circa 1960])
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #6 ([1963])

Indexer Notes

This is a reprint of "Lynch Mob" from Black Cat #45, with lots of Code changes and rework/softening of many grotesque faces - probably by Al Avison.

Knockout (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Certa

Inks

Joe Certa ?

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45 (August 1953)
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #6 ([circa 1960])

Indexer Notes

Reprinted from "Knockout" in Black Cat #45 with some Code changes.

The Landing (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The space ship LUNA tore through the earth's gravitational pull.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Professor Barton; Cliff Drews; Lynn Williams

Synopsis

The spaceship LUNA has just pierced the outer regions of space. Suddenly the ship is seized by a force and has to land on a strange planet. They find a wasteland of a thousand craters and destruction. Barton says that at one time a civilization must have flourished. Then they find a piece of wood marked "Atomic Device Testing Ground". They are back on Earth.

Reprints

• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #18 ([1965])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand; Al Avison ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Many harmless birds and animals were once regarded with horror and loathing by superstitious people throughout the world!

Genre

non-fiction; horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45 (August 1953)

Indexer Notes

Animals listed as bad omens are owl and magpie. A good omen is a cuckoo. The howling of dogs was associated with the approach of death. It was thought that a mouse held the soul of a person when asleep. A black cat was depicted as a witch's companion.

Reprinted from Black Cat #45 with some Code changes.

Cancelled (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Avison ?

Inks

Al Avison ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45 (August 1953)

Indexer Notes

Reprinted from "I.O.U. One Body" in Black Cat #45 with some Code changes.