Black Cat Comics, #61
Published: January 1958
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Issue Contents:
Featuring Black Cat Mystic
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Pencils: Bob Powell (uncertain)
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Inks: Bob Powell (uncertain)
Story Notes
Cover is based on interior scene but likely not drawn by Powell. Joe Simon may have been involved with reworking of cover. Info per Nick Caputo.
In This Issue
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Inks: George Roussos (uncertain)
- Letters: Joe Rosen
Story Notes
Possible Nostrand art per Harry Mendryk.
Colorama
Credits
- Script: Bob Powell
- Pencils: Bob Powell
- Inks: Howard Nostrand (uncertain)
- Letters: Joe Rosen
Story Notes
This reprint of the story includes Code changes.
Invasion From.. Mars!
Unknown Worlds!
Credits
- Pencils: Pete Morisi (uncertain)
Line-Up
Credits
- Script: Howard Nostrand
- Pencils: Howard Nostrand
- Inks: Howard Nostrand
- Inks: Al Avison
Story Notes
This is a reprint of "Lynch Mob" from Black Cat #45, with lots of Code changes and rework/softening of many grotesque faces - probably by Al Avison.
Knockout
The Landing
"The space ship LUNA tore through the earth's gravitational pull."
Storyline
The spaceship LUNA has just pierced the outer regions of space. Suddenly the ship is seized by a force and has to land on a strange planet. They find a wasteland of a thousand craters and destruction. Barton says that at one time a civilization must have flourished. Then they find a piece of wood marked "Atomic Device Testing Ground". They are back on Earth.
Characters
- Professor Barton
- Cliff Drews
- Lynn Williams
Featuring Strange Superstitions
"Many harmless birds and animals were once regarded with horror and loathing by superstitious people throughout the world!"
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Nostrand
- Inks: Howard Nostrand
- Inks: Al Avison (uncertain)
Story Notes
Animals listed as bad omens are owl and magpie. A good omen is a cuckoo. The howling of dogs was associated with the approach of death. It was thought that a mouse held the soul of a person when asleep. A black cat was depicted as a witch's companion. Reprinted from Black Cat #45 with some Code changes.