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| This guy? Why the nice yellow? Number 9 and 10 were great, the storys the art work were wonderful, don't write a comment if all you say is nice yellow, it's not fair to the person who put it on this site, and if you do another comment and if you are a real Comic Book fan do a better job. Thank You. |
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| I personally am having a blast reading these Archie / MLJ superhero books and very much appreciate the great scan. |
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| During the Golden Age there were a number of comic stories that broke the fourth wall and featured the artist "in" the story. This issue has one of those by Bill (brother of Abe) Vigoda. |
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| I am assuming the "person" that said "nice yellow" is referring to the scanner/editors not "cleaning" the comic like some scanners/editors do and keeping the colors original as possible.. I myself hate it when the comic is cleaned because the colors get washed out looking.
I hate to point out... but look at some scanner names:
[pmack/chums/gambit - edited colors but usually not too bad and enjoyable. ]
[maddrdoom/greenblast/maxzeus/rougher - over-edited nasty looking white-page or oversaturated edited color I avoid at all costs (sorry folks)]
[jojo/titansfan/comics castle/crx - 99% chance very nicely done]
I also avoid anything that says "DCP" because that team almost always cleans and heavy edits their releases and personally I think they look nasty. |
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| Headline for Homicide: The old “Who’s watching the Watchers” quotation from an earlier era comes to mind when the editor of a major newspaper is sacked for being too close to the criminals he covers. Since journalists are supposed to be watching out for the general public, this taint is quickly demonstrated by a plot where the sacked editor founds a new paper with the mob’s money and uses it to “predict” (aka “plan”) intricate robberies. When the Black Hood finds out, he manages to put an end to the plot while also having a bit of fun with Sgt. McGinty. A fast-paced little treat!
The Riddle of Sgt. McGinty’s Voice: This one is light on explanation when one gets to the revelation of the mystery and I was expecting a more explicit tie to post-VE day Europe (kind of The Third Man-esque I suppose). Still, it allows for movie serial-style violence against our hero and features a nice piece of misdirection.
New Director of Orphan Asylum? That’s the headline on the title page, so I guess I’ll use it for the title of the story. This story was a cross between all of those street gang with hearts of gold films and Sherlock Holmes’ famous Baker Street Irregulars. The Black Hood catches onto the scam all right, but it takes a bunch of orphans to pull in the final capture.
The Hangman and the Crime of the Centuries: I’m not sure I understand the costume for the Hangman (unless it’s supposed to be a stylized version of the “Hanged Man” tarot card, perhaps?), but I enjoyed this story where the sci-fi theme fits the clever pun of the title. Further, the idea of the Hangman being caught up in a post-capital punishment age was pretty intriguing.
Bait for Murder: This token text-based story hinges upon a vital clue and a convenient coincidence. Of course, since the murderer was counting on that coincidence to a certain degree, the resolution comes together very nicely.
Dusty, The Spectacular Boy Detective: Even though this comic was published six years before I was born, this is just the sort of thing I was fascinated with. The Hardy Boys stories about detecting always got my sleuthing juices flowing. Since this one featured both a juvenile detective and some delightful breaking of the 4th wall by artist/writer Bill Vigoda, it met all my expectations. The mystery wasn’t much, but the resolution? It was corny and good.
Black Hood #10 is quick and lively escape reading. Even when the humor is obvious, it is so playful that I couldn’t help but smile. |
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| Publication | Spring 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland] |
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| Comic Story | Headline For Homicide (11 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood; The Crime Editor (Introduction); Red Mike (Introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Riddle of Sergeant McGinty's Voice (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood; Sgt. Kerenski (Introduction) |
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| Synopsis | Promo for the Archie radio show: 3 panels showing delighted listeners to the show, and one large illustration depicting Archie, Veronica, and Jughead in a radio studio. |
| Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones |
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| Comic Story | New Director of Orphan Asylum (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood; Joe Bracken (Introduction); Slapsy (Introduction); Ginky (Introduction) |
| Notes | Added the Vigoda credits as suggested by Jim Bain (2009-06-16, Ramon Schenk). Previous indexer had Clem Weisbecker for both pencils and inks. |
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| Synopsis | Illustration and instructions showing how to construct a balsa-wood model airplane. |
| Featuring | Junior Flying Corps |
| Credits | Pencils: John Stockwell |
| Notes | Louis Bucalo is credited with "design" and John Stockwell is credited with drawing the plans. This was a recurring feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Crime of the Centuries (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hangman goes 100 years into the future in a professors' new invention, the Time-Chair. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Hangman [Robert Dickering]; unnamed professor (introduction); Snake Leary (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Hangman" feature in Black Hood Comics. The feature appears next in Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 Series) #45 (April 1967).
Final Golden Age appearance of Hangman [Robert Dickering]. He appears next in Fly Man (Archie, 1965 Series) #33 (September 1965). |
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| Text Story | Bait For Murder (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | Bill Vigoda Unfair To Villains! (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Dusty |
| Content | Characters: Duaty; Bill Vigoda (Introduction); Several bad guys (Introduction) |
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