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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published December 1946 - January 1947
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Leon Harvey

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Black Cat
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Avison (signed)
Inks Al Avison (signed)
Notes Corrected cover pencil and cover inks by Barry Sandoval (July 26, 2006) based on cover signature found in the purple area to the left of the character in the red bandana. Original cover pencil & ink credit given to Lee Elias.

11 page Black Cat story "The Buddah's Secret"

Genre superhero
Script Blanche Carlin ?; Bev Suser ?
Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias
Notes Script info by Lee Elias and Mike Feldman (Per Sandell ed.)

1 page Black Cat text story "Alibi"

Characters Black Cat
Genre adventure
Notes text story with logo illustration.

10 page Block Buster Barton story "The Mystery of the Missing Tenants"

Pencils Arturo Cazaneuve (signed)
Inks Arturo Cazaneuve (signed)
Notes last appearance

6 page Johnny Nebisco story "The Billboard Case Murder"

Genre Detective
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos

Half page Jobless Jerry story "Sorry, the job's filled!"

Synopsis Jerry gets creative to get a job at a sporting goods store.
Genre humor

Half page Life In the Rough story "Why don't ya call up the Barber College..."

Genre gag

8 page story "Swamp Gold"

1 page Black Cat text story "Silent Command"

Characters Black Cat
Genre adventure
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Colors ? (illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes text story with logo illustration.

5 page story "Lucifer's Lush"

Genre Occult
Pencils Maurice Del Bourgo (signed) [as Del]
Inks Maurice Del Bourgo (signed) [as Del]

1 page Bimbo's Beanery story "Here's where I do some big business!"

Synopsis A string of bizarre characters comes into Bimbo's diner, and he is perplexed until somebody tells him the circus is in town.
Genre humor
Script Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils Art Helfant (signed)
Inks Art Helfant (signed)
Reprinted in Terry and the Pirates (Harvey, 1947 series) #11

Half page Crackpot Cornelius story "Gosh, th'cars are sure goin' haywire these days..."

Genre humor
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

Half page activity How Many "A"'s?

Notes a puzzle where you hunt for items whose name begins with "A"