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{{distinguish|text=[[Black Magic (manga)]], the [[Masamune Shirow]] title of the same name, published by [[Viz Media|Viz]] ([[Eclipse Comics|Eclipse]]) in 1990}}

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title=Black Magic
|image= Black Magic 001.jpg
|caption= ''Black Magic'' #1 (October–November 1950)<br />Art by [[Jack Kirby]]
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|publisher=[[Prize Comics]]<br />[[DC Comics]]
|date=Oct./Nov. 1950-Nov./Dec. 1961 (Prize)<br />Oct./Nov. 1973-Apr./May. 1975 (DC)
|issues=50 (Prize)<br />9 (DC)
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|creators=[[Joe Simon]]<br />[[Jack Kirby]]
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'''''Black Magic''''' was a [[horror fiction|horror]] [[comics anthology|anthology]] [[comic book series]] published by American company [[Prize Comics]] from 1950 to 1961.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schelly |first1=William |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s |date=2013 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=9781605490540 |page=43}}</ref> The series was packaged by the creative duo [[Joe Simon]] and [[Jack Kirby]], and featured non-gory horror content.

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

== DC reprint title ==
In 1973–1975, [[DC Comics]] published a nine-issue series reprinting Simon–Kirby material from the earlier series.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sacks |first1=Jason |last2=Dallas |first2=Keith |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490564 |page=114}}</ref> 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.

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*{{comicbookdb|type=title|id=10288|title=''Black Magic'' (DC)}}
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