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| Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Hood [Matthew Burland]; The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; Roy the Super Boy [Roy Carter]; The Skull |
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| Synopsis | Behind bars and facing death, the Skull is approached by the Hermit, who is well aware that the vicious criminal is responsible for framing New York City policeman Kip Burland for a crime he never committed. The Hermit's plan is to switch places with the confined criminal, in hopes of clearing Burland of all charges, but the Skull turns the tables on the Hermit, injecting him with a slow-acting poison that will change the features of the man into those of the Skull. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Hood [Matthew "Kip" Burland] [also as J. Warren Madden]; The Hermit; unnamed prison chaplain (cameo); Policemen [Sgt. McGinty; rest unnamed]; New York State Governor; Barbara Sutton (newspaper woman); Townes (newspaper editor); The Skull (villain, death) |
| Notes | Camy can be spotted at this period by the rather square faces with scowling mouth, especially on Sergeant McGinty. Compare with signed story in #20.
A blurb at the bottom of page 14 announces the publication of the Black Hood Detective magazine (a pulp).
Columbia Publications, Inc. published three Black Hood stories in the following pulps:
Black Hood Detective vol. 2 #6 (Sep 1941) "Death's Five Faces"
Hooded Detective vol. 3 #1 (Nov 1941) "The Corpse Came C.O.D."
Hooded Detective vol. 3 #2 (Jan 1942) "The Whispering Eye"
Shortly after U.S. publication, Canadian publisher Duchess Printing & Pub. Co., Ltd. reprinted the stories in the following pulps:
Sure-Fire Detective vol. 1 #7 (Dec 1941)
Sure-Fire Detective vol. 2 #5 (June 1942)
Sure-Fire Detective vol. 2 #6 (Aug 1942) |
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| Comic Story | Vendetta (10 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Wizard [Blane Whitney]; The Purple Mafia (villain, introduction); Lt. Carson (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Camy can be spotted at this period by the rather square faces with scowling mouth. Compare with signed story in #20. |
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| Comic Story | The Pigeon's Message (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: The Japanese (Villain) |
| Notes | In the splash panel is an unreadable signature on the shoulder to the left. |
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| Comic Story | The Race of Horse and Truck (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Keith Cornell; Cpt. Lewis |
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| Comic Story | Attack of the Giant Rat (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: A scientist (Villain; Intro; Death); Two giant rats (Intro; Death) |
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| Synopsis | The Kid and Mary help Mr. Dyke break up his daughter's romance with a phoney count. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Jim Jennings [The St. Louis Kid]; Gregory Dyke; Mrs. Dyke; Count Shekels (villain); Mary Malloy; Timothy Malloy |
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| Comic Story | Mission to Calais (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: The Nazis (Villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Diamond Mart Robbery (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | After a diamond robbery Jinx knows the mailman was a phony and suspects him for the robbery. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; Jinx Friday (secretary); A thief (Villain; Intro) |
| Notes | Art similar to King's many signed stories in Top-Notch Comics. |
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| Comic Story | The Confession of Riggiero (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Riggiero (Villain; Intro); Mrs. Reeves (Intro) |
| Notes | Signed at the bottom left of splash page. |
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| Illustration | Shield Pin-Up (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shield |
| Notes | Back cover |
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