Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	October-November 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Leon Harvey

Cover Details

Characters	The Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias

10 page Black Cat story "Black Magic"

Characters	The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Guest Stars: Bob Hope; Frank Sinatra; Red Skelton?; Mago the Magician (villain, introduction); Bessie (villain, introduction)
Genre	superhero
Script	Blanche Carlin ?; Bev Suser ?
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Notes	Script information by Lee Elias and Mike Feldman (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted	in Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #65; in Original Black Cat, The (Recollections, 1988 series) #10

10 page Black Cat story "The Queen of Cats!"

Characters	The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Tim Turner; Rick Horne; Toby (a cat, introduction); Patrolman Clancy; Jonsie (film studio secretary); Guest stars: Lucille Ball; Humphrey Bogart; Bud Abbott; Lou Costello; Rollo (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis	Linda's cat helps to uncover the hiding place of jewel thieves, led by a former vaudeville clown named Rollo.
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.). In other Black Cat stories, Toby the cat is usually portrayed as a male cat.
Reprinted	in Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #65; in Original Black Cat, The (Recollections, 1988 series) #10; in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010) [in B/W in this format]

2 page Black Cat story "Judo Tricks: Lesson Three / Lesson Four"

Characters	The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Bessie (villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias

8 page Kerry Drake story "Fingers Nelson: Part 1"

Characters	Kerry Drake
Genre	adventure
Script	Alfred Andriola
Pencils	Alfred Andriola
Inks	Alfred Andriola
Notes	These are strip reprints.

1 page Black Cat text story "Vacation From Danger"

Characters	The Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Genre	superhero
Letters	typeset

12 page Vagabond Prince story "The Madness of Dr. Altu"

Characters	Vagabond Prince; Dr. Altu (villain, introduction)
Script	Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon

1 page Black Cat text story "Needlework"

Characters	The Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Genre	superhero
Letters	typeset