Black Cat Mystery (1951-1963 Harvey) comic books 1954-1956
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$900.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Label #2057390007
Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Jack Sparling. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A killer is followed by the corpse of his murder victim. An ambitious woman is embarrassed for people to learn that her husband is an exterminator. A man's obsession over blood can't possibly end well. The Lonely; The Nick of Time; Terror Tricks; Les Miserables; Pest Control; The Game; Dream Or Nightmare?; River of Blood. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$265.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
- Label #3845867002
$170.00
View scans- 4.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Centerfold detached at one staple. Staple rust. Rust migration.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, John Giunta and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. Henpecked Abner contends with his domineering wife over their shared bathroom, until one day Abner just snaps. A dark spoof of The Three Musketeers finds the sinister Milady with a secret advantage against the heroes. A harried businessman is tormented by letters from Death, promising an impending meeting. Clean As a Whistle; The Three Musketeers; Paranoia; A Promise Kept. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$250 Black Cat Mystery Comics 49 4/54 Harvey Publications CGC 2.5 OW Pages Good Color $810 Black Cat Mystery #49 (1954, Harvey) CGC 5.0 VG/FN Lee Elias Cover PHC Horror Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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$249.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #2055589011
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
$150.00
View scans- Cover detached at one staple and glued to first wrap.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Rudy Palais, Manny Stallman, and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. Sarah's uncle brings a macabre trophy back from India - a severed hand that grants wishes, in a pastiche of the horror classic "The Monkey's Paw." A wife-killer is pursued by the corpse of his victim. Halloween partiers are forced into a macabre scavenger hunt by a strange creature. Plus a vintage ad for a "Savage Australian Boomerang." Hand of the Yogi; Jack of Horror; Halloween Nightmare; Shadows on the Tomb; The Return of the Mummies; Mark of the Vampires. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$300 Black Cat Mystery Comics #52 CGC 3.0 (Off White Pgs) Harvey Pre Code Horror ‘54 $400 BLACK CAT MYSTERY COMICS #52 CGC 6.5 JOE CERTA Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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$66.00
View scan- Cover and centerfold detached and anchored with glue. Glue spots at spine. 1.5" Edge tears. Water damage.
$225.00
View scan- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4390430015
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Stories and art by Bob Powell, Joe Certa, John Giunta, Vic Donahue and Rudy Palais. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. In the far future year of 3052, atomic rays transform The Last Man on Earth into a horrible monster. Castaways in an Asian desert discover a lost city of the living dead. A peasant makes a deal with the devil to win a woman's hand. The Last Man on Earth; Forbidden Room!; Man Against Beast; Strange Superstitions; Marching Zombies; The Case of the Tell-Tale Shoes; Trick the Devil! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$75.00
View scan- 4" cumulative spine split. Cover-to-cover puncture.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias and others. As the Comics Code goes into effect, former horror comic Black Cat Mystery briefly restores its superhero star and her Code-friendly adventures. (Official title is Black Cat Western Mystery, but superhero Black Cat is featured on the cover, just to confirm this is anything but a horror comic.) When a horse on a Hollywood set is revealed to be stolen, Black Cat investigates. Linda dreams that her alter ego Black Cat takes her place on a date with Rick. A misunderstanding over a borrowed Oscar gets Linda involved in a mix-up with screen legend Bob Hope. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. Oil Well Menace!; Justice Avenged; A Day with Linda Turner: The Borrowed Oscar!; A Day with the Black Cat; Terror Rides the Highways; The Underwater Plot. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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$55.00
View scans- Water damage.
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Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. As the Comics Code goes into effect, former horror comic Black Cat Mystery becomes kid-friendly Black Cat Mystic. This issue was entirely done by the Simon-Kirby team, telling fantasy stories in the trademark Kirby style. A mutant is feared and hated by the rest of humankind, in a Kirby story that predates the X-Men by a decade. A gigantic, ancient stone sculpture reveals dark secrets about the past of planet Earth. Ghostly storyteller Mr. Zimmer encounters another, hostile ghost. Today I Am a—?; The Genius; A Weemer is the Best of All!; The Great Stone Face!; Yearning; Take Off, Mr. Zimmer. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.