comicbooks.com Join Free
Black Cat Comics #4 cover
Cover: Lee Elias

Black Cat Comics #4

Feb 1947 · Harvey · 0.10 USD
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free

"Ghost of Blasco" in Black Cat Comics #4 (1947) delivers a moody, early crime thriller from writer Blanche Carlin and artist Bill Draut, whose dynamic pencils and inks bring to life a world of deception and shadowy intrigue. When society man James Jenkins is framed and imprisoned by the mysterious Demon, he escapes his fate by infiltrating the Servant's Club—posing as his own butler—only to be captured again by the ruthless Boss and her henchman, Imp. Cover by Lee Elias captures the story’s tense atmosphere with sharp, dramatic lines.

Contains 8 stories
Ghost of Blasco
14 pp · Superhero
Linda Turner [Black Cat]Tim Turner (Linda's father)Talker (villain)Inky (villain)Rick HorneSplotchy (villain)Mick (villain)
The Imitation Atlas
7 pp · Adventure
Danny Dixon
The Boulevard of Horror
7 pp · Detective-Mystery
Johnny Nebisco
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Maisie
The Strange Case of the Sidewalk Fisherman
3 pp · Humor
Soapy Sam
"Double" Trouble
10 pp · Adventure, Superhero
The Red Demon [Judge Straight] [aka Reginald Hawkins, butler to Judge Straight] (introduction)James Jenkins (introduction)Imp (villain, imitator, introduction)The Boss [Marline] (villain, a magician, introduction, death)

In "Double" Trouble from Black Cat Comics #4 (1947), James Jenkins finds himself caught between two lives when he’s framed as a society thug and sentenced by the Demon. After a change of heart, he takes on the guise of his own butler to infiltrate the mysterious Servant's Club, only to be captured again by The Boss and her henchman, Imp.

Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Jobless Jerry
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Crackpot Cornelius

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $87
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $3,816
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $2,456*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,576*
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $1,094*
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $695
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $599*
Show all 21 grades
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $399*
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $314
CGC 6.0 · 5 in census $285
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $244*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $232
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $198*
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $172*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $153*
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $110*
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $47*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

Find on

Search eBay for Black Cat Comics #4
No confirmed live listings for this exact issue right now — this opens an eBay search.

Sell my copy

Have this issue — or a whole collection? Get a fair offer from us, skip the marketplace fees and the hassle.

We Buy Collections ▸
Fast, fair offers · we handle grading & shipping

Full credits

artist, inker Bill Draut
cover pencils, inks Lee Elias

Reprints

Reprinted in Fun Parade #[nn] (1948), Hello Buddies #39 (1948), Hello Buddies [Annual] #[nn-A] (1948), Black Cat Comics #64 (1963), The Original Black Cat #1 (1988), Vintage Comic Classics #1 (1990), Men of Mystery Comics #112 (2019), Hit Comics #3 (2020), The Golden Age #2 (2025)

Reviews

Reader reviews

No reader reviews yet.