Black Cat Comics #6

(June-July 1947)

Crimson Madness (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Cat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Blanche Carlin ?; Beverly Suser ?

Pencils

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Characters

Linda Turner [Black Cat]; Jonesie; Rick Horne; Vicki Dougan (cameo); Cary Grant (cameo), Bette Davis (cameo); Judy Garland (cameo); Jean Harlow (cameo); Bob Hope (cameo); Frank Sinatra (cameo); Mark Kable; Miguel Beaker (villain, introduction); Olga Petrova (villain, introduction); Paul; Laurette Stoddard; C.B. de Pille; L.B. Maher; Jim Wentworth

Synopsis

Denied the female lead in "Forever Crimson", Olga attacks the director (C.B.), Tim, and Rick.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (ilovecomics, 2019 series) #5
• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #65 (April 1963)

Indexer Notes

Script information by Lee Elias and Mike Feldman (Per Sandell ed.)
Mark Kable is based on Clark Gable, C.B. de Pille is based on C.B. de Mille, and L.B. Maher is based on Louis B. Mayer, all of MGM Studios. However, 1947's Forever Amber was made by 20th Century Fox (starring Linda Darnell). Fox conducted a search for the actress to portray Amber St. Clair modeled on MGM's search for the actress to portray Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.

The Loaded Oyster Bed (Table of Contents: 2)

Danny Dixon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Ken Riley

Inks

Ken Riley

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Reprints

• from Boy Explorers Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #2 (September-October 1946)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Art id per Joe Simon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Scarlet Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell ? (signed as Powell)

Pencils

Bob Powell (signed as Powell)

Inks

Bob Powell ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All-American athlete, Alan Bidell...........

Genre

adventure

Characters

Scarlet Arrow [Alan Bidell]; Roxanne (Alan's sweetheart); Roger; Senator Claxonhorn; fake Senator Claxonhorn (villain); Montmorcey (villain, fake Senator's bodyguard)

Synopsis

Roxanne's father is throwing a charity bash, and the money is supposed to be presented to a blowhard U.S. Senator. However, the Arrow must step in when it is discovered the Senator and his bodyguard are imposters.

Reprints

• in The Man in Black (Lorne-Harvey, 1990 series) #2 (July 1991)
• in Mystery Men Comics (AC, 1999 series) #92 (2014) (in black and white)

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

It's very probable the character in this story, Senator Claxonhorn, was swiped from radio's Senator Claghorn, played by Kenny Delmar on the Fred Allen show (later used by Warner Brothers in their cartoon series, "Foghorn Leghorn"). He uses all the same verbage the radio Senator did, including "Ah'm from the South -- the South that is!".

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

Flossie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

W. Jourdain

Inks

W. Jourdain

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The boys are all doin' it -- why not us, Scrubby!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Fun Parade (Harvey, 1947 series) #38 (June 1948)

Fear the Story of a Guitly Conscience (Table of Contents: 5)

Duke of Broadway / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby (page 1); Joe Simon (see notes)

Inks

Joe Simon (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Indexer Notes

According to the Jack Kirby Checklist Kirby only penciled the first page. Simon inked page one and completed the rest of the story.

Case of Desert Death (Table of Contents: 6)

Black Cat / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]

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

Bimbo's Beanery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Helfant (signed)

Pencils

Art Helfant (signed)

Inks

Art Helfant (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our special today...

Genre

humor

The Midnight Killer (Table of Contents: 8)

His Honor and ... The Red Demon / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Blanche Carlin ?

Pencils

Bill Draut (signed)

Inks

Bill Draut (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

The Red Demon [Straight] [aka Frank Full] (a judge, origin told); Habriel Geatter (radio announcer); Joe Monsi; Monsi's wife; Stefano Brothers (villains, mention only); Bull Brewster (villain, death); The Eel (villain)

Synopsis

The Red Demon sits on a throne in parts unknown, musing over the circumstances that turned Judge Straight into the crime buster, The Red Demon. A gangster, Boss Brewster, is killed at a masquerade party and one Joe Monsi is arrested for the crime and sentenced to die for it. However, a remark from Monsi's wife somehow rings true to the judge, who decides to go out among the criminal element to see how the other half lives. In doing so, he tracks down the Brewster Gang, and as The Red Demon, brings them to justice, and clears Monsi's name.

Reprints

• in Vintage Comic Classics (Lorne-Harvey, 1990 series) #1 (1990)
• in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #111 (2019) in black and white.

Keywords

Globe (newspaper)

Indexer Notes

The Who's Who only identified Carlin as the scripter for the Black Cat in 1947, so name added with ? by Craig Delich.

Radio announcer in the this story was renamed for the true person, Gabriel Heater, famed broadcaster.

Much of the story is told in flashback.