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Re: Black Hood Comics 9

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gregjh

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Re: Black Hood Comics 9
« on: April 23, 2024, 04:37:02 AM »

Good story but why is Black Hood not wearing ....a black hood? Or anything else black for that matter.

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Re: Black Hood Comics 9
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2024, 07:13:00 AM »

In older comics blue was a highlight color for black and sometimes artists used enough shadowing to make it work. (Superman & Lois's hair for instance)

Although in this story we seem to have very little black used on the Black Hood and the policeman uniforms are the same blue.

I know they only had four colors, but they could have made the policemen uniforms a lighter blue.

There's an old Batman story that describes his uniform as black, not blue and gray... of course they also describe Robin's uniform as black as well, which is quite the stretch.
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Re: Black Hood Comics 9
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2024, 12:05:38 AM »

Thank you for explaining, Superscrounge
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« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2024, 02:34:23 AM »

You're welcome. I'm not sure when blue stopped being used as a black highlight.

Of course that old use of blue can lead to some interesting interpretations. I believe artist Alex Ross looked at Spider-Man's red and blue costume and painted it as red and black.

And some people have argued whether Beast & Nightcrawler have blue fur or black.
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