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BLACK CAT MYSTERY #43 * 3.5 * Speared REAR Cover * Voodoo Taboo

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BLACK CAT MYSTERY #43 * 3.5 * Speared REAR Cover * Voodoo Taboo
BLACK CAT MYSTERY #43 * 3.5 * Speared REAR Cover * Voodoo Taboo
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Title: BLACK CAT MYSTERY No. 43
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Publisher:Harvey [Indicia: Home Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: April, 1953
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VG- (3.5). Spine roll, 3/4" creased tear to front cover at top spine, 1" tear to back cover, numerous tiny nicks and chips to edges of back cover, a few small nicks and creases to front cover. Cream to light tan pages. Cover: Lee Elias. Art: Howard Nostrand, Bob Powell, Moe Marcus, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Warren Kremer. GPAnalysis: A 3.5 sold for $310 in January 2022.

A woman is staked face-down as an African tribesman approaches from behind, his spear pointedly aimed at her rear (injury-to-browneye motif?). Her boyfriend, roped and useless, stares impotently as the scenario unfolds. A tagline taunts readers: "We Dare You to Defy Taboo!"

"In many comic books dark-skinned people are depicted in rapelike situations with white girls. One picture, showing a girl nailed by her wrists to trees with blood flowing from the wounds, might be taken straight from an illustrated edition of the Marquise de Sade." — Dr. Wertham, Seduction of the Innocent. Rinehart: 1954, p. 104.


Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.

A limited edition of 100 softcover and 6 hardcover catalogues are available. 140 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
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BLACK CAT MYSTERY #43 * 3.5 * Speared REAR Cover * Voodoo Taboo

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