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Issue Details

Issue	#18
Published	July 1949
Frequency	every other month
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Leon Harvey
Notes	cover says BLACK CAT WESTERN

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Notes	cover says BLACK CAT WESTERN

1 page U.S. Savings Bonds public service announcement "Joe Palooka: Little Max Lends a Hand"

Characters	Joe Palooka
Pencils	Bud Fisher ?
Notes	piece is signed, and the last name Fisher is clear. The first name is not.

8 page Black Cat story "Oil Well Menace"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias

1 page Black Cat text story "Justice Avenged"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story with illustration

4 page A Day with Linda Turner story "The Borrowed Oscar"

Characters	Bob Hope; Linda Turner
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias

1 page Winnie the Waitress illustration "It's the new looks in hips that gets results"

Characters	Winnie the Waitress
Script	Vic Herman (signed)
Pencils	Vic Herman (signed)
Inks	Vic Herman (signed)
Notes	a pin-up of Winnie in several current fashions.

4 page A Day with Linda Turner story "Funny Business at the Fair"

Characters	Linda Turner; Rick Horne
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Reprinted	in Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #65

8 page Invisible Scarlet O'Neil story "The Case of the Boarding House Murder [Part Two]"

Characters	Scarlet O'Neil; Mrs. Miterbox; Roscoe Roland
Synopsis	Mrs. Miterbox conceals the presence of Roscoe Roland from Scarlet, scheming to get her hands on Roland's imagined fortune. Roland has his own scheme's, and Scarlet can't get to the truth of the matter before Roland and Miterbox execute on their murderous plots.
Genre	detective
Script	Russell Stamm
Pencils	Russell Stamm
Inks	Russell Stamm
Reprinted	in Harvey Comic Hits (Harvey, 1951 series) #59, retitled as "Grave of Greed, Part 2: Death Comes Knocking"

1 page Popsicle Pete advertisement "Lost in the Woods"

Characters	Popsicle Pete
Notes	One page story and promotional for Popsicles.

1 page Black Cat text story "Native Uprising"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Lee Elias
Inks	Lee Elias
Letters	typeset
Notes	text story with illustration