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Issue: Black Cat Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1948
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Issues: #12 of 65 Issues (68 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Publications H [Wings & Eagle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Home Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/05/1948
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Ghost Town Terror

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ghost Town Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): C.B. de Pille (film director); Linda Turner [Black Cat]; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Rick Horne
First Line: When Century Studios bought the ghost town of Indian Bone Gulch...
Synopsis: After Century Studios buys Indian Bone Gulch, crooks who have reopened its abandoned gold mine attempt to scare the film crew away by posing as ghosts.
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In Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #56 published October 1955
as The Ghost Town Terror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Personal Appearance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rick Horne; Linda Turner [Black Cat]; Jonesie; Groucho Marx (cameo); Little Jo Blatte (villain); Clark Gable (cameo); Jerry Colonna (cameo); Roy Rogers (cameo); "Satin Ed" Saunders (villain); Ratface (villain)
First Line: Crime takes a back seat...
Synopsis: Linda recognizes the M.C. at the Prescott Milk Fund Foundation fundraiser as Little Jo, who Black Cat caught cracking safes three years ago.
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Pages: 8
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Lesson Eleven / Lesson Twelve

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Cat Shows You How to Do Judo Tricks
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Dotty Dripple; Horace Dripple; a door-to-door salesman
First Line: Selling made easy
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Reprint Notes: from Dotty Dripple Sunday (Publishers Syndicate) 19xx-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Panels are reshaped and rejigged to fit a comic book page.

The strip made its debut as a daily on June 26, 1944.
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Bike-Hike Quiz

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Fisk Bike Tires
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Kerry Drake; Sandy Burns; Firetop; "No Face" [Victor Appollo]; Tiffany Blayne; Jack McCue; Morse
First Line: Kerry Drake, brilliant private investigator, aided by his pretty secretary...
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Reprint Notes: from Kerry Drake Sunday and daily (Publishers Syndicate) 194x-xx-xx - 194x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Script credit was previously given to Andriola, but Saunders was the uncredited author for several decades from its beginning, on October 4 1943. These reprints fall between that date and pre-publication date of this issue.

Panels are reshaped and rejigged, with Andriola's signature placed on both first and last pages.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: How many times have I told you about that dog in your bed!
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Hic-cup! Hic-cup! Hic
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Centuries to Spare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Danny Dixon... Cadet
Character(s): Danny Dixon; Jonathen Spencer Alden III [sic]; General George Washington; Betsy Ross
First Line: If you should happen to meet General George Washington...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Copyright by Harvey Features Syndicate.
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Murder in the Rain

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Police Chief Murpin; Samuel Mason; Alfredo; Tony Manners
First Line: The long gravel driveway shone before the headlights...
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Pages: 1
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Fury on the Set

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Chuck Olsen (agent); Corrine LaVerne (actress)
First Line: Okay, roll 'em!
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Pages: 1
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The Adventures of "Popsicle Pete" and Bob Feller

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): The Adventures of "Popsicle Pete"
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Pages: 1

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