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| When I last commented on a Black Hood comic, I complained that the hero seems to get clocked on the head in nearly every story. Well, here in #14, only Inspector Bentley of Scotland Yard gets blackjacked in the back-up story. On the other hand, in two out of the three Black Hood stories, the Hood manages to catch the villain by literally pulling the rug out from under him.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, though. Both Kip and the Hood have to do some actual sleuthing in these two stories and Babs is invaluable in both. I also enjoyed the venues: a championship boxing match, an opera opening, and a seance at a spiritualist's residence.
As usual, I loved Kinstler's artwork on the cover, but I felt like the artwork inside by "Clem" was just as good. Lots of shadowing and lots of detail made this a very enjoyable reading experience for me. |
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| You are right, Clem Weisbecker is excellent. Hard to get much info on him. Anybody have any?
He apparently also made a career as a painter. |
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| I recently read one of the Black Hood (Hooded Detective) pulp novels – it’s in the public domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38466
I enjoyed it so I thought I’d have a go at the comic, especially as it’s a sujet de jour. I like it – it was good to see Babs Sutton as a strong character and I enjoyed the art from Irv Novick. Not too sure about the Hood’s vow in The Sinister Spiritualist – pretty sure that death would stop him from eradicating crime worldwide. |
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| According to EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER THE ARTIST JOURNEY THROUGH POPULAR CULTUREby Jim Vadeboncouer Jr. the cover of Black Hood #14 and 15 are by Kinstler. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | Spring 1945 | 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 | Death Counts Ten (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | A boxer is dead after a fight, and Kip finds out he has been poisoned. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Sergeant McGinty; King Kong Ross (villain, introduction); Marty Malone (villain, introduction); Snitch (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Signed Novick as a byline but the inking looks more like Shumaker than Novick. |
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| Comic Story | The Four-Alarm Ghosts (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The ghost of Gloomy saves people from a house on fire. |
| Featuring | Gloomy Gus |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Gloomy Gus (introduction); Gabby (introduction); St. Peter (as "Pete") |
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| Comic Story | Death -- The Crow Strikes Again (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | An opera singer is fired for drinking but puts on a crow costume to get revenge. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Barbara Sutton (reporter); The Crow [Pagini] (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | reworked from Hangman story in PEP COMICS #32
Originally credited "Irv Novick?", but it is not him. Most probably Sahle, when looking at hands and faces and comparing with his signed stories in Shield-Wizard #10, Mike Lancer in Green Hornet #10, and Airman in Detective Eye Comics. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The inking of the face on page 7 looks very much like Pen Shumaker, as does some round black eyes on page 3. |
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| Text Story | Murder by Proxy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old man is murdered before he can change his will. |
| Credits | Script: S. Gordon James | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; John Malcolm; Gregory Michaels; Gloria Michaels |
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| Comic Story | The Hound of the Devonshires (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A curse of a phantom hound in Devonshire. |
| Featuring | Bentley of Scotland Yard |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Bentley (detective); Sir Claude; Lady Agatha; Christine; Roger (caretaker); Sir Reginald |
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| Synopsis | Elephants, dragon flies and Grenadier Guards. |
| Featuring | World Wonders |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Sinister Spiritualist (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | A spiritualist tricks people to tell where they keep their valuables, and then robbs them. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Barbara Sutton (reporter); Sergeant McGinty; V: Kalimar (aka Glass-Eye Gannett; I) |
| Notes | Black Hood recites oath on pg. 1 from cover of issue #9.
Signature at bottom right in splash panel. |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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