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| And, ' The Case of the Friendly Murder' is indeed a very nice job by Kinstler. Excellent use of blacks and shading gives it a very Noir atmosphere and enhances the story. |
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| I have to agree with the Australian Panther about Kinstler's inks on the last story. His style is bold and realistic and I like the detail on the faces.
The text story didn't offer any surprises, but there was something of the comforting familiar when I realized that the murder set-up was one we've seen many times before.
As for the first couple of stories, I liked the one about the "beauty contest," but it just seems like the Black Hood gets hit on the head so often that if he were a modern NFL or NHL player, he'd spend half his time under the concussion protocol.
Still, reading these early hero (if not superhero) comics is almost like entering a time machine for me. |
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| The Black Hood might be my new public domain comic series. Not only are the illustrations drawn with flair, the stories of a policeman who has a double identity as a Batman-esque hero are brilliantly interesting and original. In a way that echoes many film serials, the Black Hood often takes a beating in a punch-up, but this only makes him more believable as a character. There are so many stories in which police detectives end up being limited by the powers of their badge- I can think of a whole list of characters, Sonny Crockett, Joe Friday, Andy Sipowicz. A great idea to make a caped crusader police detective! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | Summer 1945 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Featuring | Black Hood |
| Credits | Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood |
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| Contents | Contents Page (1 page) |
| Featuring | Black Hood |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Blood-Red Rubies (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Ghost of The Grand Lama has murdered two men to get back his Blood Red Ruby. |
| Featuring | Black Hood |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick? | Inks: Pen Shumaker? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Sergeant McGinty; The Grand Lama (as a ghost, introduction, death in flashback); Henry Simpson (introduction, death); John Grant (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | The inking seems more like Shumaker, with the big, round black eyes, and much black in the panels. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Beautiful Corpse (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | $25.000 to win in contest to choose the handsomest man in U.S. |
| Featuring | Black Hood |
| Credits | Pencils: Irv Novick? | Inks: Pen Shumaker? |
| Content | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Sergeant McGinty; Pretty Boy Frawley (villain, introduction); Hiram Robbins (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The inking is not by Novick, seems more like Shumaker. At this period of time Novick is only credited on pencils on this feature, and Shumaker and Weisbecker as inkers, according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Weisbecker can often be spotted by his angular jaws and chin. |
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| Comic Story | A Millionaire's Life (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | St. Peter wants substitutes for two dying tycoons to prevent a stock-market panic. |
| Featuring | Gloomy Gus |
| Credits | Script: Gerald Kean? | Pencils: Red Holmdale (signed) | Inks: Red Holmdale (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Gloomy Gus; St. Pete (guest-star); Percy Goldsmith (tycoon); Jimmy Silvers (tycoon) |
| Notes | Gerald Kean is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but no period of time stated, and Virginia Bloch for 1943. |
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| Text Story | A Nickel's Worth of Murder (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Black Hood |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Mr. Collins; Robert Jordan (bookkeper) |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Friendly Murder (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kip is invited to the class of '39 reunion. |
| Featuring | Black Hood |
| Credits | Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Sergeant McGinty; Bill Fix (villain, introduction); Rib Robbins (introduction, death); Al McLean (introduction); Clarence Jordan (introduction) |
| Notes | reworked version of Shield story in PEP COMICS #43; Black Hood graduated college in 1939, making him 29 years old by this story
Signed Everett Raymond on last page. |
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