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| Although the "Black Hood" in this more original configuration is simply a costumed hero who uses fisticuffs instead of superpowers, meta-human abilities, magic, or special inventions, I enjoyed the comic a lot. Some decades back, there was a new version where the Hood had something of the same idea as the Mask, except it always turned its wearer into a vigilante. The cat and mouse verbal jousting between Sgt. McGuinty and the Hood's secret identity reminded me of some of the banter between Britt Reid and his old Irish patrolman friend in Green Hornet.
But my real enjoyment came from The Hangman story. Here in a gritty little crime story was a parallel to two stories out of the Bible--the Pharisee and the publican at prayer and the parable of the Prodigal Son compared to his elder brother. Such an interesting allusion was unexpected and enhanced my enjoyment a lot. |
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| Good story but why is Black Hood not wearing ....a black hood? Or anything else black for that matter. |
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| Publication | Winter 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Comic Story | Crime Goes To College (13 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Markov (villain, introduction) |
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| Publisher advertisement | Archie Is an MLJ Feature (1 page) |
| Featuring | Archie |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Medical Murderer (10 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Dr. Walter Anthony (villain, introduction); Killer Kane (villain, introduction); Snowbird (villain, introduction, death; not to be confused with Capt. Swastika's assistant) |
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| Publisher advertisement | "Er ... I'm very sorry, but Mr. Plunk's tied up in a conference ...! (1 page) |
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| Comic Story | The Crime-Confessors (10 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Alvin "Dippy" Dirk (villain, introduction); Roger Dalton (villain, introduction); Prudence Primm (villain, introduction); Herr Schmidt (villain, introduction); Hans [Father Paul] (introduction, death) |
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| Text Story | Is Germany's Secret Weapon a Rocket Plane? (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation; War |
| Notes | not too far off--it was the V-2, a rocket bomb
The drawing here is of a P-39 Airacobra |
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| Comic Story | The Little Crime That Wasn't There! (9 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Victor Thurber (introduction, villain); Matilda Haymes (introduction, death); Mr. Haymes (death) |
| Notes | Originally credited Gil Kane (Pen), but the pen name PEN is credited to Pen Shumaker by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Activity | Junior Flying Corps Page! (3 pages) |
| Notes | At the very bottom of the third page is the "Statement of the Ownership" |
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| Comic Story | The Crooner and the Crooks (6 pages) |
| Featuring | Boy Buddies |
| Content | Characters: Jackson Gleep (villain, introduction); Jackson Gleep's crony (villain, introduction); Hank Heersatyer (introduction) |
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