Black Cat Comics, #47

Published: December 1953

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Black Cat Comics #47

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Issue Contents:

Featuring Black Cat Mystery

1 page
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Supreme Penalty
Story 2 5 pages horror-suspense

"No! Don't send me out there!"

Characters
  • Chief Scientist Frances
  • Trial-Judge Krenk
Credits
Homework
Story 3 1 page horror-suspense

""Bertram! Will you go do your homework!""

Characters
  • Bertram
  • Bertram's dad
Sky Lore; Hex-pressions
Story 4 1 page non-fiction

"A comet's tail may stretch out..."

Characters
  • Lady Godiva
  • Peeping Tom
  • Barney McCarthy
Low Noon
Story 5 5 pages humor

"I do not know if death lurks near me..."

Characters
  • Jeff
  • Carl Summers
  • Zeke Carter
  • Lem Stevens
Credits
Story Notes

High Noon parody that is a prototype for the humor/parody series Flip which debuted four months later. Script credits from John Benson's "The Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s MAD-Inspired Satirical Comics" (Fantagraphics, 2012)

Torture
Story 6 5 pages horror-suspense

"That's right, Rod..."

Characters
  • John Greb
  • Carl
  • Rod
Credits
The Lady in Black
Story 7 1 page horror-suspense

""I'm sorry, Mrs. Travis," the voice on the phone said..."

Storyline

Muriel kills her husband by allowing him to drive a defective car.

Characters
  • Muriel Travis
  • John Travis
What's in a Name?; Fairy Tales
Story 8 1 page non-fiction

"C'mon...Quit stalling!"

Characters
  • Ebeneezer Scrooge
Regent 3
Story 9 5 pages horror-suspense
Credits