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5April-May 1947
$0.10

Black Cat Comics #5

Harvey · April-May 1947

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Series
Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
April-May 1947
Key date
1947-04-00
Indicia publisher
Home Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1script: Al Avison, Lee Elias; pencils: Al Avison, Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasBlack Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne
1The Eye of Karnakcomic story10pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasLinda Turner [Black Cat]; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Rick Horne; Ivan Resnick (villain)
2A Taste of Troubletext story1pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); colors: ? (spot illustration); letters: typesetBlack Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Tim Turner; Killer Wolff (villain)
3Adventure...South American Style!comic story7pencils: Ken Riley; inks: Ken Riley; letters: Howard Ferguson, Ben OdaDanny Dixon; Jonathan Spencer Alden III; Leo Gibson
4Origin of the Scarlet Arrowcomic story7pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellThe Scarlet Arrow [Alan Bidell] (Introduction, Origin); Roxanne; Horben; Rick Crouchley (villain)
5My City Is No Morecomic story10script: Joe Simon; pencils: Joe Simon; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard Ferguson, Ben OdaThe Duke Of Broadway; General Broadbanes; Senator Hankern; Red; Click Collins; Adolph Gebhart
6The Man Who Didn't Know His Own Strengthcomic story10script: Blanche Carlin; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill DrautThe Red Demon [Judge Straight]; Judge Francis Fragelet (death); unnamed little girl; "Blinky" Bruin (villain, death); Bruin's gang ["Needles" Sullivan; other unnamed] (villains)
7Trickedtext story1pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); colors: ? (spot illustration); letters: typesetLinda Turner [The Black Cat]; Rick Horne

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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