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23June 1950
$0.10

Black Cat Comics #23

Harvey · June 1950 · on sale 1950-04-21

First appearance: Rick Horne
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Identification plate

Series
Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
June 1950
Key date
1950-06-00
On-sale date
1950-04-21
Indicia publisher
Home Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Rick Horne - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasThe Black Cat, Jimmy Durante, Scarlet O'Neil, Linda Turner
1Horror Behind the Iron Curtaincomic story8script: Bob Haney; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: John BelfiBlack Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Tim Turner (Linda's father); Sam Copperly (movie mogul); C. B. de Pille (movie director); Susan (secretary; villain); Boris (villain)
2The Case of the Phony Mystictext story1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasBlack Cat [Linda Turner]; Charlie Boston (crook); Countess de la Fou
3A Day in the Life of Linda Turnercomic story2script: Bob Haney; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasRick Horne First, Linda Turner
4A Day With Linda Turnercomic story2script: Bob Haney; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasRick Horne First, Linda Turner
5Tyrone Powercomic story2pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasTyrone Power; Linda Turner; Rick Horne
6-comic story6script: Russell Stamm; pencils: Russell Stamm; inks: Russell StammInvisible Scarlet O'Neil; Sandy Randall; Sheriff Houndog
7-comic story1script: Paul McCarthy; pencils: Paul McCarthy; inks: Paul McCarthyHolly Wood; Janie; Delbert
8-comic story1script: Paul McCarthy; pencils: Paul McCarthy; inks: Paul McCarthyHolly Wood; Delbert; O. G. Snorkel (movie director)
9What Is Your Movie IQ?activity1letters: typeset
10Movie Flashes by Rick Hornetext article1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasRick Horne

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Black Cat Comics #631962On eBay ›
The Original Black Cat #21989On eBay ›
Flat-Top #61955On eBay ›
Men of Mystery Comics #712008On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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