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| Name | The Black Hood 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 CAD | Pages: 52 | Editing: F. E. Howard? (reprint editor) |
| Notes | Indexed from scanned copy that appears to be missing inside back cover (possibly blank?). Indicia for issue states "Comics published and printed in Canada by Howard Publications, 7 Wellwood Ave., Toronto, Canada." See Capt. Commando Comics for similar reprints from the same publisher. |
| Cover | The House That Crime Built / 1 page |
| Feature | Black Hood |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Hood |
| Pencils | Clem Weisbecker (see notes) |
| Inks | Gil Kane (see notes) ? |
| Notes | Cover is from first page of story in Pep Comics #49. Artwork is signed in the original but signatures have been eliminated from this reprinting. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A man with an FEH Logo for a head is the skipper of a rowing crew where other comics are the rowers. |
| First Line | FEH Leads the Way |
| Notes | Modified from the original by replacing the MLJ Logo with a crudely drawn FEH Logo. Also includes indicia stating that book is "published and printed in Canada by Howard Publications". |
| Comic Story | The House That Crime Built (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Narrated by "the house that crime built", this is the story of Black Hood solving a crime at a house built in 1821 with a history of crimes being committed in it. |
| Feature | Black Hood |
| Inks | Gil Kane ? [as Pen]; ? |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mary Hawkins (Introduction, Villain, Death); The Black Hood |
| Pencils | Clem Boddington |
| Notes | First page image also used as cover. Modified from the original in the following ways: 1) One page deleted (page 8 from the original). 2) Pages 2,7 and new page 8 (original page 9) have been completely re-drawn. It appears as though they have been crudely traced from the original, perhaps the printing plates were not available for these pages? |
| Publisher advertisement | Archie Is Good for What Ails You! / Archie (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo for Archie Andrews radio show on WOR Mutual. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge |
| Script | Bill Vigoda ? |
| Pencils | Bill Vigoda (see notes) |
| Inks | Bill Vigoda (see notes) |
| Notes | Artwork is signed in original printing but signatures have been eliminated for this reprint. |
| Comic Story | Aboard the NARCISSUS] ["But But -- I can explain everything, Mr. Weatherbee, honest!" / Archie (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Weatherbee uses his latest readings in Child Psycology and gives Archie responsibility for a school picnic aboard a boat. Archie accidentally charters a garbage scow, but everything turns out all right in the end. |
| Inks | Virginia Drury [as Ginger]; ? |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
| Script | Ed Goggin |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle |
| Notes | Modified from the original in the following ways: 1) 2 pages have been deleted (original page 2 and 3) These two pages contained the part of the story where Archie is caught trying to play a prank on Reggie and sent to the principal's office. 2) Pages 3 (original page 5), 5 (original page 7) and 7 (original page 9) have been completely re-drawn. It appears as though they have been crudely traced from the original, perhaps the printing plates were not available for these pages? |
| Comic Story | The Landgoing Tugboat] ["Ahoy mate!" / Catfish Joe (5.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Barney Keel is driving a tugboat along the land when a dam breaks and he and Catfish Joe find themselves floating around on a newly created lake rescuing animals. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Captain Barney Keel (introduction); Catfish Joe; Kitty Keel; Gabby |
| Script | Larry Harris (see note) |
| Pencils | Larry Harris (see note) |
| Inks | Larry Harris (see note) |
| Notes | Artwork is signed in original printing but signatures have been eliminated for this reprint. |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Synopsis | Three fun facts about animals as submitted by readers. Address says to submit to "Catfish Joe", so presumably this was a sub-feature of that strip. |
| Feature | Animal-Antix |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| First Line | I'm Jim Crow, hello! |
| Notes | When reprinted in Black Hood, all the addresses of the kids who submitted the stories were changed to Canadian cities to make it seem more home-grown. 160 West Broadway New York, New York (the address to send letters to was changed to 160 West 21st Street, Calgary. |
| Comic Story | Tales of a Safety Pin (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A safety-pin that seems to be followed by bad luck helps The Shield and Dusty solve a crime. |
| Feature | Shield |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Silky Malone (villain, introduction); Miser (villain, introduction); The Shield; Dusty |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Irv Novick ? |
| Inks | Irv Novick ? |
| Notes | In the reprint, The Shield's costume has been changed from stars and stripes to a Union Jack. |
| Activity | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A maze with a copy of Super Comics at the center, a man holding a sign with scrambled letters and how to draw a face. |
| Feature | Pep's Puzzle Page |
| First Line | Our little friend, here, was playing cops and robbers... |
| Notes | Name of comic in the puzzle page has been changed from Pep to Super (since Pep was not published by F.E. Howard). |
| Comic Story | Marriage of the Medusa] ["Funny, Snooch I'd swear I've pulled this pirate out..." / Marco Loco (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Marco Loco and Snooch are hypnotised by the Medusa but then capture her and take her to the King to collect a reward. |
| Genre | Humor; Historical |
| Characters | The Medusa (Introduction, villain); Snooch; Marco Loco |
| Script | Carl Hubbell ? |
| Pencils | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| Notes | Artwork is signed in original printing but signatures have been eliminated for this reprint. The last panel in the original has a "coming next issue" box that has been eliminated in the reprint. |
| Activity | Do You Know??? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Four trick questions and answers including how to tell the left bank of a river from the right bank. |
| Script | Chuck Purvis (credited, see note) |
| Pencils | Chuck Purvis (credited, see note) |
| Inks | Chuck Purvis (credited, see note) |
| Script | Ed Goggin (actual) |
| Pencils | Ed Goggin (actual) |
| Inks | Ed Goggin (actual) |
| Notes | Title block in the original states "By Ed Goggin", but has been relettered in reprint to be "By Chuck Purvis". No other evidence of Chuck Purvis working in comics. Speculation that he re-lettered and redrew any pages that needed to be worked on for this reprint. |
| Comic Story | The Bear Cub / Li'l Chief Bugaboo (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Li'l Chief Bugaboo and Fido find a bear cub and accidentally anger its mom. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Li'l Chief Bugaboo; Fido |
| Script | Dave Higgins ? |
| Pencils | Dave Higgins (see notes) |
| Inks | Dave Higgins (see notes) |
| Notes | Artwork is signed in original printing but signatures have been eliminated for this reprint. First panel taken from another story to replace first panel of this one. No obvious reason why the publisher would have done this. Earlier indexer felt this was written by Theresa Woik [Szenics]. She is not known to have written any comics, but is known for inking and lettering. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A witch looks in her crystal ball and sees a new comic called Black Hood now on sale. |
| Characters | Black Hood |
| Pencils | Bill Vigoda (see notes) |
| Inks | Bill Vigoda (see notes) |
| First Line | I see the thrills of a lifetime in store for you. |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. Original was signed, but signature has been eliminated from reprint. Also text has been changed to reference Super Comics and the last bit of the speech bubble stating to get them "before they're all gone" has been eliminated. |
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