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Issue: Black Cat Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1947
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Issues: #6 of 65 Issues (68 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Home Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/09/1947
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is aggregate of three retailer's stamp or markings visible on cover or back cover. Publication date on cover is July and June-July 1947 in the indicia.
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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 from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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She's a Hit!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crimson Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #65 [unnamed variant] published April 1963
as Crimson Madness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Loaded Oyster Bed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Danny Dixon
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBoy Explorers Comics #2 published September 1946
was The Loaded Oyster Bed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Scarlet Arrow
Character(s): Scarlet Arrow [Alan Bidell]; Roxanne (Alan's sweetheart); Roger; Senator Claxonhorn; fake Senator Claxonhorn (villain); Montmorcey (villain, fake Senator's bodyguard)
First Line: All-American athlete, Alan Bidell...
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Man in Black #2 published July 1991
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.

The Who's Who indicates that Powell only drew this strip and there are no other positive indications from it or other sources that he wrote the feature.

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!".
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Flossie
First Line: The boys are all doin' it -- why not us, Scrubby!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Fear the Story of a Guitly Conscience

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Duke of Broadway
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: According to the Jack Kirby Checklist Kirby only penciled the first page. Simon inked page one and completed the rest of the story.
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Case of Desert Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Cat
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bimbo's Beanery
First Line: Our special today...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Midnight Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): His Honor and ... The Red Demon
Character(s): 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.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose 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.

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