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Issue: Black Magic Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #4 of 16 Issues (19 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArnold Book Company
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Indicia Publisher: Hermitage Publications Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 17 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
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Donovan's Demon!

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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First Line: The Original Classics Illustrated
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Classics Illustrated: Treasure Island (#64); Alice in Wonderland (#49); The Pioneers (#37); Gulliver's Travels (#16); Black Beauty (#60); The Deerslayer (#17); Homer's Iliad (#77); The Pathfinder (#22); Julius Caesar (#68); The Prairie (#58)
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Donovan's Demon

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Officer Harrigan; Donovan; Peleen O'Brien; Maggie O'Brien
Synopsis: Donovan summoned a demon five years ago. Ever since, he's searched for the parchment listing how to summon him again.
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Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: Possible Wildey art per Nick Caputo, November 2014.
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[untitled]

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First Line: The Brush Off in the November issue of Young Love
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Reprint Notes: From Black Magic (Prize, 1950 series) #v2#2 [8]
http://www.comics.org/issue/9303/
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Young Love on sale Sept 18
See http://www.comics.org/series/66321/
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Invisible Link!

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Character(s): Paul Renick; Ted Renick; Emma Renick; Matilda; Fred; Janice; Miss Harper; Dick Sanger;
Synopsis: Identical twins Paul and Ted share every sensation.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Purports to be based on a true story. Compare to The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas.
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The House That Tried to Kill Me!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Willy Brommer (dies); Stella Brommer
Synopsis: Willy would rather burn down the house he inherited from his Uncle Seth than lose it.
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Pages: 6
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The Nightmare

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Arnold Sawyer (dies); Jerry Lucas (dies)
Synopsis: Arnold is killed by a hit-and-run driver, Jerry dies at home.
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Pages: 2
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The Curse of the Crystal Ball!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Morgan Faraday; Louis Halter; Evelyn Harper; Johnny Everett
Synopsis: Morgan buys Professor Hearthstone's crystal ball at an auction. The crystal seems to reveal the future to him.
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Pages: 8
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Grounds for Death!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Henderson; Wright (dies)
Synopsis: Things go poorly at Cowley Meat Packing for the new efficiency expert.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: A-390
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Yesterday You Died!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Grace Hanley; Mr. Ballard; Fred Hanley; Mr. Stephen Abbott; Ruth Shaw; Mr. Rauch
Synopsis: When Grace Hanley is looking to buy a house she sees a ghostly image of a murder that has yet to happen in that house.
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Pages: 8
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A Wolf That Hummed a Nursey Rhyme!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Juan Gonzales; Adelita; Hernando Gomez; Sheriff Dodson
Synopsis: Juan beats a wolf to death. When he returns home, he finds his mother beaten to death.
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Pages: 5
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Vacation in the Mountains

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Tim Brandon; Jack; Evelyn
Synopsis: Jack insists that Tim and Evelyn accompany him on a climb in Montana. A ranger stops them, but Jack continues (and is never seen again).
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Pages: 2
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Skulls' Eyes Never Sleep!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Martinez
Synopsis: A door-to-door salesman swears the doctor can swap out his eyeballs.
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Pages: 6
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The Girl the Earth Ate Up!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Mary Higgens; Mary's mother; Old Min
Synopsis: Mary Higgens goes to Old Min for help to stop her daughter from partying all night long, and is given a pair of magic scissors.
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Pages: 5
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First Line: The de luxe editions everyone is demanding
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #14 "Westward Ho" (November 1948)
See http://www.comics.org/issue/535342/#1016398
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First Line: A great new series of longer stories
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #7 "Robin Hood" (September 1948)
See http://www.comics.org/issue/535324/
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First Line: Worth Watching For...!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Kaanga; Jungle; Rangers; Tim Valour; Hooded Rider; Action; Crimson Comet; Jumbo

Indicia at the bottom lists:
"Thorpe & Porter Ltd., East Street, Oadby, Leicester
Printed by Jensen Book Company Ltd., for the Publishers, Hermitage Publications Ltd., Leicester
distributed by Thorpe & Porter Ltd., Oadby, Leicester"

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