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Black Cat Comics (1946-1951 Harvey) comic books 1951

  • Issue #28
    Black Cat Comics (1946-1951 Harvey) 28
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Staple rust. Rust migration.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias and others. Early female superhero Black Cat is a martial artist with a lasso and a double life as a Hollywood starlet. Black Cat's teen sidekick Kit is introduced. The mad arsonist (with a cool costume) called The Fire Bug burns down a circus, killing trapeze artists the Flying Westons. Black Cat saves their son Kit, who joins her in tracking down Fire Bug. Flames Over Hollywood; The Black Cat Adopts a Kitten; The Farewell Note; The Broken Ivy; The Fine Art of Forgery; The Crimson Raider; Judo Tricks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Black Cat Comics (1946-1951 Harvey) 29
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Tape on interior cover.
    • Label #3995828002

    Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Paul McCarthy and Art Helfant. Early female superhero Black Cat is a martial artist with a lasso and a double life as a Hollywood starlet. In the lead-up to its transition into a horror comic with the next issue, this issue features horror-themed stories, including Black Cat's battle with a witch, and a bondage cover by Lee Elias. Linda Turner plays the Hollywood Bowl, in a story featuring good-girl art and cameos by celebrities Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Cunning master criminal The Sceptre mocks both police and Black Cat. The Salem Witch; A Day With Linda Turner; Diet for Death; Black Cat's Encyclopedia of Superstition; Time for Murder; Obviously, the Sceptre; Hunting for Murder; Holly of Hollywood; Hector the Director; Calling All Sleuths. Final issue as a superhero comic; switches to horror with the next issue as Black Cat Mystery (1951 Harvey) #30. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.