Black Cat Comics #28

(April 1951)

Flames Over Hollywood (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Cat / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney ?

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

John Belfi ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fame and glamour are tempting fruits...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Kit Weston (Introduction and origin); The Fire Bug (introduction) [Orson Arson]; Rick Horne; Sonny

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (ilovecomics, 2019 series) #5
• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #63 (October 1962)
• in The Original Black Cat (Lorne-Harvey, 1988 series) #2 (Spring 1989)

Indexer Notes

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

The Black Cat Adopts a Kitten (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Cat / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney ?

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

John Belfi ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What happens when the Black Cat is outnumbered...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]; The Black Kitten [Kit Weston] (introduction and origin); Tim Turner (Linda's father)

Reprints

• in Army & Navy Fun Parade (Harvey, 1951 series) #50 (August 1951)
• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #63 (October 1962)
• in The Original Black Cat (Lorne-Harvey, 1988 series) #2 (Spring 1989)

Indexer Notes

From this issue onwards, Black Kitten appears in all issues of this title.

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

The Farewell Note (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Cat / text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Marshall Flanning, one of the big executives...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Marshall Flanning; Rick Horne

Reprints

• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #63 (October 1962)

Indexer Notes

The balance of this page is taken up with the annual Statement of Ownership.

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

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Robert Harvey (credited as Robert B. Harvey) (business manager)

Letters

typeset

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

Holly of Hollywood / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul McCarthy (signed)

Pencils

Paul McCarthy (signed)

Inks

Paul McCarthy (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

May I borrow this gown I have on...

Genre

humor

Characters

Holly Wood; O. G. Snorkel (movie director)

Reprints

• in Army & Navy Fun Parade (Harvey, 1951 series) #51 (October 1951)

The Broken Ivy (Table of Contents: 6)

Black Cat / text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aside from having courage...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Richard Martin; Detective Dolan

[Black Cat Judo Tricks] (Table of Contents: 7)

Black Cat / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If someone should try to choke you...

Genre

sports; superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]

Reprints

• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #65 (April 1963)

The Fine Art of Forgery (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But I paid over a million dollars...

Genre

drama

Characters

Mrs. Winters

The Crimson Raider (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Bob Haney ?

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

John Belfi ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Strange and terrible is the tale of the Phantom Buccaneer...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat [Linda Turner]; The Crimson Raider [Al Gory] (introduction, death); The Black Kitten [Kit Weston]

Reprints

• in Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #63 (October 1962)
• in The Original Black Cat (Lorne-Harvey, 1988 series) #2 (Spring 1989)

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Fun at the Zoo / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Paul McCarthy (signed)

Pencils

Paul McCarthy (signed)

Inks

Paul McCarthy (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can't get back until after 3:30...

Genre

humor

Characters

Unnamed zoo keeper

Reprints

• in Sad Sack Comics (Harvey, 1949 series) #26 (September 1953), #39 (October 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Calling All Sleuths / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When a criminal talks about a mouthpiece...