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Issue: Black Magic Album #1
Publication Date: January 1954
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagArnold Book Company
Brand:
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 1954
Volume:
Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 42.0 pence GBQ 0-3-6
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 32 (26 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ? (reprint editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: You say you found Hercules this way?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]modified
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Frankenstein and Black Magic comics (Arnold Book Company).
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Mumblin's from the Morgue

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as The Creepy Editors]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editorial announcing the non-existent future issues.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Patter of Little Feet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob McCarty
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hercules; The General
Synopsis: Circus strong man haunted to madness by the footsteps of a murdered midget.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was The Patter of Little Feet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Hatchet Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Bill Draut
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Kirby (original editor); Joe Simon (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Vengeance from beyond the grave in the form of a Tong hatchet.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was Hatchet Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Ruby Riddle

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (inset illustration)
Inker(s): ? (inset illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was Ruby Riddle [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mystery at Midnight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Gene Colan (signed)
Inker(s): Gene Colan (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: "Impossible" murders committed by a man who had been cut in half.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #20 published December 1952
was Mystery at Midnight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-305
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The Pied Piper of Flame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob McCarty
Inker(s): Bob McCarty
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Kirby (original editor); Joe Simon (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was Pied Piper of Flame [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Paid in Full

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (inset illustration)
Inker(s): ? (inset illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was Paid in Full [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Just a Little Farther

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Inker(s): Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Two criminals, lost in the desert, each planning to kill the other for the remaining water.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #20 published December 1952
was Just a Little Farther [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-318
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When You Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #20 published December 1952
was When You Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: B-306
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The Malay Boot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Manny Stallman
Inker(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man with iron will loses his leg to molten lead in the Malay Boot, showing no pain. His torturer is not so fortunate.
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was The Malay Boot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Crash Report!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): Alden McWilliams
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: The reverse ageing effect of flying too fast.
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was Crash Report [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Cheap Skate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: If you are going to post a bomb to someone, use sufficient stamps, otherwise it will be returned to sender.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #20 published December 1952
was The Cheap Skate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-336
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Living Doll!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Robinson (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Owner of shop full of murderous dolls turns out to be one himself.
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From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #20 published December 1952
was Living Doll! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-384
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Oddities in Miniature: One of the Strangest Stories Ever Told

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was Oddities in Miniature - The Strangest Stories Ever Told! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Valley of Corpses

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James A. Goldthwaite [as Francis James]
Penciller(s): ? (2-page splash illustration)
Inker(s): ? (2-page splash illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Horror Stories v10 n01, August, 1940 (Popular Publications Pulp magazine)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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Birth After Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v3 #2 (20) published January 1953
was Birth after Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Man Who Fled from the Future!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #93 published August 1949
was The Man Who Fled from the Future! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: 5418
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The Haunted Room!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): Gene Colan
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A writer, working on a book about the ghosts of Europe, is sufficiently ill-advised to stay at a Hungarian inn with a haunted room. It transpires that the room is a rendezvous for supernatural creatures of the worst possible description.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #93 published August 1949
was The Haunted Room [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 5378
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Beware of the Cat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Were-pussycats in old China.
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From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #93 published August 1949
was Beware of the Cat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: 5376
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The Gool Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #93 published August 1949
was The Gool Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: 5575
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Invisible Link!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Kirby (original editor); Joe Simon (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Good twin, bad twin - will the execution of one also kill the other?
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v2 #2 [8] published December 1951
was Invisible Link! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The House That Tried To Kill Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Kirby (original editor); Joe Simon (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man inherits a creepy house, which he comes to believe is trying to kill him. He tries to burn it down, but the house has the last laugh.
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v2 #2 [8] published December 1951
was The House That Tried to Kill Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Curse of the Crystal Ball!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Jack Kirby (original editor); Joe Simon (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A cheap crystal ball - guaranteed to show the unfortunate owner exactly what he doesn't want to see and leave him blighted.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Magic v2 #2 [8] published December 1951
was The Curse of the Crystal Ball! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Dead Voice Calling

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Francis Bragg Middleton
Penciller(s): ? (header, inset illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (header, inset illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Horror Stories v10 n01, August, 1940 (Popular Publications Pulp magazine)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Grounds for Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Mooney (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #15 published July 1952
was Grounds for Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: A-390
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Doom in the Tomb!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Maneely (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A mortician seeks the secret of enbalming, and gets first hand experience of it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystic #22 published August 1953
was Doom in the Tomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Death in the Tomb"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: C-695
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The Whisper of Egypt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer ?
Inker(s): Dick Briefer ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ? (reprint editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Two guides succumb to the lure of gold to steal a sacred crocodile egg, and pay the price.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAirboy Comics v9 #7 [102] published August 1952
was The Whisper of Egypt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Tales from the Crypt and Haunt of Fear (Arnold Book Company).
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Black Magic Album #2 (Arnold Book Company).

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