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Issue: Black Cat Comics #61 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1958
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Issues: #61 of 65 Issues (68 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: A Thrill AdventureView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Home Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-58); standard Silver Age US (#59-65)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Black Cat Mystic
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is based on interior scene but likely not drawn by Powell. Joe Simon may have been involved with reworking of cover.
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In This Issue

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Colorama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Horror and Science Fiction Comics #1 published January 1987
as Colorama [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #45 published August 1953
was Colorama! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This reprint of the story includes Code changes.
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Invasion From.. Mars!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Unknown Worlds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Line-Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #45 published August 1953
was Lynch Mob [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose 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.
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Knockout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #45 published August 1953
was Knockout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Reprinted from "Knockout" in Black Cat #45 with some Code changes.
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The Landing

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Barton; Cliff Drews; Lynn Williams
First Line: The space ship LUNA tore through the earth's gravitational pull.
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.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, non-fiction
Feature(s): Strange Superstitions
First Line: Many harmless birds and animals were once regarded with horror and loathing by superstitious people throughout the world!
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #45 published August 1953
was Strange Superstitions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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.
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Cancelled

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #45 published August 1953
was I.O.U. One Body [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Reprinted from "I.O.U. One Body" in Black Cat #45 with some Code changes.

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