Pocket Comics

    (Harvey, 1941-1942)
™ and © Harvey Comic Publications

Pocket Comics was home to quite a few “firsts.” First of all, it was the very first Harvey Comic. Second of all, it featured the very first appearance of a character that would become Harvey’s most-popular character during the 1940s, the Black Cat. And finally, it was the first regularly issued comic book in digest format. Alfred Harvey broke into the comic book publishing business with an ingenious idea. If a 64-page comic book that’s a quarter size of a newspaper page can sell for a dime, why not fold it in half and sell 128 pages for the same price? And thus, Harvey Comics was born!

— Mark Arnold
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