Black Magic (comics)

Summary

Black Magic was a horror anthology comic book series published by American company Prize Comics from 1950 to 1961.[1] The series was packaged by the creative duo Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and featured non-gory horror content.

Black Magic
Black Magic #1 (October–November 1950)
Art by Jack Kirby
Publication information
PublisherPrize Comics
DC Comics
Schedulebimonthly
Publication dateOct./Nov. 1950-Nov./Dec. 1961 (Prize)
Oct./Nov. 1973-Apr./May. 1975 (DC)
No. of issues50 (Prize)
9 (DC)
Creative team
Created byJoe Simon
Jack Kirby

After 50 issues as Black Magic, the title's numbering continued for three more issues as the humor comic Cool Cat before being canceled.

DC reprint title edit

In 1973–1975, DC Comics published a nine-issue series reprinting Simon–Kirby material from the earlier series.[2] The new incarnation featured new covers with the same logo as the earlier issues of the Prize series. The reprint issues generally grouped the stories by theme; for example, all the stories in issue #1 dealt with intolerance toward human oddities, while all the stories in #4 were about death.

References edit

  1. ^ Schelly, William (2013). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 9781605490540.
  2. ^ Sacks, Jason; Dallas, Keith (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 978-1605490564.

External links edit

  • Black Magic (Prize Comics) at the Grand Comics Database
  • Black Magic (DC Comics) at the Grand Comics Database
  • Black Magic (Prize) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  • Black Magic (DC) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)