The ORIGINAL (Golden Age) Black Cat <from Harvey Comics> Appreciation

Nearly 40 years before Felicia Hardy first appeared in the pages of [COLOR="#FF0000"]Marvel Comics[/COLOR]' [B][I]The Amazing Spider-Man[/I][/B] as "[B]Black Cat[/B]", the character of movie star Linda Turner first appeared in comic books published by Harvey Comics using that identity.
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First appearance: [B][I]Pocket Comics #1[/I][/B] (August 1941)
[SIZE=1]NOTE: As the name "Pocket Comics" may suggest, it was actually a smaller-sized magazine than your typical comic book of the time.[/SIZE]
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[b][i]Pocket Comics[/i][/b] lasted for four issues. After that, Black Cat's origin story from [b][i]Pocket Comics #1[/i][/b] was reformatted and reprinted in [b][i]Speed Comics #17[/i][/b], then a new adventure of the Black Cat appeared in [b][i]Speed Comics #18[/i][/b]. In 1946 she earned her own self-titled comic book series.

Along the way, the Black Cat's costume went from a blue top with a red bottom to an all-blue[SIZE=1] (black?) [/SIZE]outfit. And among the various artists that drew her adventures was Lee Elias.
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from [B][I]Black Cat Comics #2[/I][/B] (August-September 1946) [/SIZE]