Black Cat Mystery (1951-1963 Harvey) comic books 1953-1955

Stories and art by Bob Powell, Abe Simon, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Rudy Palais. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A couple visits an ancestral castle in Scotland, only to find an old curse awaiting them. A gigantic, man-eating monster emerges in search of human flesh. A man dying of the heat in a jungle discovers that things can always get worse. Also featuring a strange vintage ad: "Fly Like a Bird with Wings Made from the Original Sketch of Leonardo Da Vinci!" Curse Castle; Dont Share My Coffin; Demons of the Sun; Doomsday; Maelstrom; The Mist. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $195.00 View scans 2" Spine split from bottom. Staple rust with migration. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Stories and art by Joe Certa, Abe Simon, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Al Eadeh. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A mask is created from a synthetic rubber that has strange new properties. A mathematician's formula contacts the 4th dimension, drawing the attention of the evil creatures that live there. Undersea explorers encounter a beautiful woman - or is it a shape-shifting octopus-like sea monster? Kiss of Doom; Next Attraction - Death; The Visitor; Mask of the Murderer. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $145.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, does not affect art or story. Full-length spine split. Cover and interior oxidation. 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 Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, and Warren Kremer. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. An American in India wants to murder his native wife, but her pet panther protects her. A chess-lover kills for a special chess set, then is forced to play chess with Death. A sailor is tried for abandoning a sinking ship by the ghosts of his crew. My Husband The Cat; Truth Is Stranger; Devil Drums; The Rage in Suspense; Black Knight; Saucer; Weird Facts; Eternity! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Jack Sparling. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A witch offers to provide a man's fondest wish: to understand the true nature of evil. An escaped convict meets mysterious hooded figures in a cemetery, but he should have kept running. A young couple is taken captive aboard the ship of the damned called the Satana. Excursion; Oil; Destiny; Search for Evil! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A man hypersensitive to color is driven to murder for a cure, in a creative, oft-reprinted story. A boxer regains his confidence in the ring after drinking a mysterious potion. Also, superstitions about birds and animals from around the primitive world. Terrific pre-psychedelic cover by Howard Nostrand. Colorama; Lynch Mob; Knockout; I.O.U. One Body! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and John Giunta. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist is determined to make a great discovery if it kills him. A fortune-teller's prediction drives an ordinary man to madness and murder. In another offbeat story, a disc jockey is so obnoxious that visitors from another world take him off the air. What Was the Discovery; Expedition; Weird Facts; The Blonde Man; Disc Jockey; Portrait of Murder; Your Dreams; Insomnia! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist tries to convince future Earth of the folly of shooting convicted criminals into space. A prisoner gets a chance to escape his cruel captors, or so he thinks. A dark spoof of the movie High Noon, an experiment in the Mad-style humor that resulted in Harvey's short-lived comic Flip. Supreme Penalty; Low Noon; Torture; Regent 3! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $190.00 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. Graded by MCS, not consignor. 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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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, John Giunta Joe Certa, John Belfi, Sid Check and Frank Frazetta. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A man is stealing corpses form the cemetery, and the townspeople want to know why. A dark spoof of the movie Mogambo, an experiment in the Mad-style humor that resulted in Harvey's short-lived comic Flip. A mysterious visitor to a small town has plans of revenge against the town elders, in a story with early inking assists by fantasy art legend Frank Frazetta. Notorious pre-Code cover by Lee Elias, showing a man's face and hands burning away, is one of the most famous of the era. The King Is Dead; The Artificial Sky; Occupation; Moe Gambo; White Heat; And Still Champion; Torture!; Here Today…. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Nat Barnett, Mort Meskin, and Joe Certa. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. Blue-haired femme fatale Cambria lures worker Steve into killing her father, so they can take over the mill that makes curiously pink flour. A dark spoof of the movie Come Back, Little Sheba, an experiment in the Mad-style humor that was originally intended for the third issue of Harvey's short-lived comic Flip. Gangster Rudy cons boxer Punchy into dangerous fights so he can win bets, but he didn't bet on Punchy finding out. The Old Mill Scream; The Wrong Way; Come Back Bathsheba; Punch & Rudy; Your Dreams Mean; Greek Mythology; One, Two, Tree; Switcheroo. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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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.

Stories and art by Bob Powell, Joe Certa, John Giunta, Vic Donahue and Rudy Palais. As the Comics Code goes into effect, former horror comic Black Cat Mystery briefly restores its superhero star and her Code-friendly adventures. (The official title is Black Cat Western Mystery, but superhero Black Cat is featured on the cover, as if to confirm this is anything but a horror comic.) Black Cat and Rick battle diamond smugglers while shooting a Western on location. A Groucho-like movie comedian makes trouble for Rick and Linda on set. Linda suspects her jealous co-star Calico is trying to get her killed in an on-set accident. The Golden Guns; Lost; Room of the Past!; Double Trouble; Mountain Terror. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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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.) In a Scooby Doo-style plot, Linda's film crew encounters ghosts in an abandoned gold mine, but they're actually crooks trying to scare the crew away from hidden gold. Linda encounters danger and drama among the lumberjacks while shooting a film on location in the Northwest. Black Cat tries to protect a film crew shooting a Perils of Pauline-style cliffhanger. The Ghost Town Terror; Blind Fury; Big Wood's Death; Perils of Linda Turner. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Bob Powell, John Giunta, Howard Nostrand and Mort Meskin. As the Comics Code goes into effect, former horror comic Black Cat Mystery transitions into a kid-friendly weird fantasy book. A man who loves flowers and plants gets very upset when someone starts picking flowers. A strange story addresses a "typical" 1956 American and his reliance on machines. A diver discovers the secrets of an underwater city, in a story with great art by Howard Nostrand. Fun cover by comics legend Jack Kirby has some unique fish-creatures. Pushin Up Daisies; Twentieth Century Man; Underwater; The World of Mr. Chat. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.