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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published August 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
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Cover Details - "Tales of the Invisible"

Characters Scarlet O'Neil; Sandy
Genre Crime

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Meet Russell Stamm"

Characters Scarlet O'Neil; Sandy; Russell Stamm (photograph)
Pencils Russell Stamm (illustration)
Inks Russell Stamm (illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes A background of the artist. Includes a photograph of Stamm and an illustration by him of his characters. Presented on inside front cover in black in white, with indicia at bottom.

8 page Invisible Scarlet O'Neil story "Blood of a Monster [Part 1]"

Characters Scarlet O'Neil; Professor Fychfud (introduction); Sandy; the Fiend (villain; introduction)
Synopsis Scarlet runs into one of her teachers from school, Professor Fychfud, who now runs the Aquarium. He takes Scarlet on a tour. When they get to the piranha tank, Scarlet sees human remains, and then finds herself pushed into the tank. She gets free and accuses the Professor, who denies wrong-doing. Scarlet and Sandy come back that night to investigate, but by then the Professor is in the grips of the real villain.
Genre Detective
Script Russell Stamm
Pencils Russell Stamm
Inks Russell Stamm
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #15, originally titled "The Case of the Aquarium Murders [Part 1]".

8 page Invisible Scarlet O'Neil story "Blood of a Monster, Part 2: Demons of the Deep"

Characters Scarlet O'Neil; Sandy; the Fiend (villain)
Synopsis Sandy falls prey to the Fiend, who leaves Sandy for dead. The Fiend captures Scarlet despite her invisibility, and plans to feed them both to the Aquarium's sharks. Sandy comes to, and their struggle carries them all into the piranha tank. Sandy and Scarlet escape, and save the Fiend from a cruel death.
Genre detective
Script Tom Dorr [as Russell Stamm]
Pencils Tom Dorr [as Russell Stamm]
Inks Tom Dorr [as Russell Stamm]
Notes In this reprint, the story headers have been changed to alter the feature name from the original. Originally cast as "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil", they are retitled here as "Tales of the Invisible, featuring Invisible Scarlet O'Neil".
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #16, originally titled "The Case of the Aquarium Murders [Part 2]".

8 page Invisible Scarlet O'Neil story "Grave of Greed [Part One]"

Characters Scarlet O'Neil; Mrs. Miterbox; Roscoe Roland (villain)
Synopsis Skinflint landlady Mrs. Miterbox has squirreled away a fortune, which she keeps stashed in her boarding house while living a life of misery. Ne'er-do-well Roscoe Roland happens to become aware of the fortune, and takes a room at Mrs. Miterbox's establishment under an alias. Detective Scarlet comes looking for Roland, but will Mrs. Miterbox, who is working on a scheme to gain her border's imagined fortune, reveal him?
Genre detective
Script Russell Stamm
Pencils Russell Stamm
Inks Russell Stamm
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #17, originally titled "The Case of the Boarding House Murder [Part One]".

8 page Invisible Scarlet O'Neil story "Grave of Greed, Part 2: Death Comes Knocking"

Characters Scarlet O'Neil; Mrs. Miterbox; Roscoe Roland (villain)
Synopsis Mrs. Miterbox conceals the presence of Roscoe Roland from Scarlet, scheming to get her hands on Roland's imagined fortune. Roland has his own scheme's, and Scarlet can't get to the truth of the matter before Roland and Miterbox execute on their murderous plots.
Genre detective
Script Russell Stamm
Pencils Russell Stamm
Inks Russell Stamm
Reprinted from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #18, originally titled "The Case of the Boarding House Murder [Part Two]"

1 page activity "Tricks of the Invisible to Amaze Nonbelievers"

Notes An outline of five magic tricks and the secrets to performing them. Printed in black & white on inside back cover.