Harvey Comics Hits #59
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Blood of a Monster [Part 1]," a 1952 Harvey Comics Hits standout, the scheming landlady Mrs. Miterbox hides a fortune in her boarding house while enduring a life of self-imposed misery. When the elusive Roscoe Roland checks in under a false name, his presence stirs tension—especially when Detective Scarlet arrives on his trail. With Russell Stamm handling writing, art, and inks, and Al Avison bringing the cover to life, this issue blends suspense and dark humor in a tale where secrets are as thick as the walls of the boarding house.
In "Blood of a Monster [Part 1]," Scarlet’s chance encounter with her former teacher, Professor Fychfud, leads her on a tour of the now-foreboding aquarium he runs—only to uncover a chilling sight in the piranha tank. When she’s suddenly shoved into the tank and barely escapes, her accusation against the professor lands in disbelief, setting the stage for a late-night investigation with Sandy. As shadows deepen and the truth begins to surface, the real danger may not be the one they expected.
In "Blood of a Monster, Part 2: Demons of the Deep," Sandy, left for dead, awakens to find Scarlet captured by the Fiend, who plans to feed them both to the Aquarium’s sharks. As their desperate struggle pulls them into the piranha tank, the tide turns in a moment of unexpected mercy—Sandy and Scarlet escape, but not before confronting the Fiend’s fate in a way that defies the horror they’ve endured.
In "Grave of Greed [Part One]," ne'er-do-well Roscoe Roland checks into the miserly Mrs. Miterbox’s boarding house under a false name, drawn by whispers of a hidden fortune. As Detective Scarlet closes in, the landlady’s frugal facade begins to crack—her careful schemes now tangled with a dangerous game of deception and greed.
In "Grave of Greed, Part 2: Death Comes Knocking," Scarlet races against time to uncover the truth behind Roscoe Roland’s sudden reappearance, as Mrs. Miterbox hides him in plain sight, her motives as murky as the cemetery where the mystery unfolds. With both Roland and Miterbox plotting their next moves, Scarlet must untangle deception from danger before a killer strikes—again.
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↩ Reprints Black Cat Comics #15 (1949), Black Cat Comics #16 (1949), Black Cat Comics #17 (1949), Black Cat Comics #18 (1949)
Reprinted in The Untold Origins of Invisible Scarlet O'Neil #First Edition (2007)
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