Blackstone, Master Magician

Blackstone the Magician Detective Fights Crime (Fall, 1947)

Blackstone, Master Magician was a 1946 American comic book series, created by Afro-American comics artist Elmer Cecil Stoner. Despite a short run it did inspire a popular radio detective drama series from 1948 until 1950.

History

The first issue of Blackstone, Master Magician was published in March-April 1946 with art work by Elmer Cecil Stoner and text by Walter B. Gibson. It was published by EC Comics and featured the adventures of a magician, Blackstone, who also investigates crime mysteries. His name and visual appearance were based on real-life magician Harry Blackstone, Sr..

The comic only lasted three issues. ^[1]

List of issues

Blackstone the Magician Detective Fights Crime - (#1, March-April 1946, EC Comics)
Blackstone the Magician - (#2, May-June 1946 ^[2] Timely Comics)
Blackstone the Magician Detective (#3, July-August 1946, Timely Comics)

Radio adaptation

Main article: Blackstone, the Magic Detective

Between October 1948 and March 1950 the series was adapted for radio, starring Ed Jerome as the titular character and Fran Carlon as his assistant, Rhoda Brent.

References

↑ "Blackstone, Master Magician Comics (Volume)". Comic Vine. 1946-01-01. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
↑ "GCD :: Issue :: Blackstone Master Magician Comics #2". Comics.org. Retrieved 2015-11-11.

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