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62-888: The Black Hood first appeared in MLJ's Top-Notch Comics #9 ( cover-dated Oct. 1940). He was created by Harry Shorten . The editors had enough confidence in the new character to put his name as the title on issue #9's cover, with "Top-Notch Comics" in a smaller circle below. The Black Hood became a popular character and was given his own title, Black Hood Comics , a pulp magazine in 1943. It lasted for 11 issues before being retitled Laugh Comics and becoming an all-humor title. The character remained in Top-Notch Comics until issue #44 (April 1944). At that point, he moved to Pep Comics for three years, from issue #48 (May 1944) to #60 (March 1947). He also appeared in nine issues of Jackpot Comics (1941-1943). A second series debuted as part of

124-710: A costume. During the 1960s the Black Hood returned in Mighty Comics for two issues of Adventures of The Fly (#7, July 1960 and #11, March, 1961). He was also seen teaching Karate in issues of Adventures of the Jaguar and Adventures of The Fly . After returning as a founding member of The Mighty Crusaders in Fly-Man #31–33, he appeared regularly as part of the team in Mighty Crusaders #1–6 (November 1965 – August 1966) during

186-632: A hero Mateo will become as he adopts the persona of the Black Hood . Burland was recently shown to be a member of the "second team" of the Mighty Crusaders known as the Shadow Crusaders , helping to rescue Director (former General) Latham. Officer Greg Hettinger is a Philadelphia cop who first appeared in The Black Hood (vol. 4) #1 (February 2015). He is seen intervening in a gun fight but takes

248-554: A motorcycle called the Hoodcycle that can transform into other vehicles. The Kip Burland Black Hood is unmasked in court by a character named "Needlenoodle". Thereafter, Burland becomes a private detective. According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes , the Black Hood's other enemies include "Panther Men, the Animal Man, the Mist (who can change into a cloud of mist at will),

310-670: A rhyming funny animal strip "Pokey Forgets to Remember" (all in issue #1), while "Noodle" by Quincy featured in six issues (#2–7). The "Impy" 1-page strip was the only reprint during the Top-Notch Comics run. No single character lasted for the whole run of Top-Notch Comics / Top-Notch Laugh Comics , although the costumed hero the Wizard – subtitled "The Man With the Super-Brain", which began in issue #1, ran until #27 (May 1942). A number of other costumed heroes accompanied The Wizard with long runs in Top-Notch Comics , " Bob Phantom – The Scourge of

372-423: A roster of characters that changed very little over the life of the title, outlasting its companion Blue Ribbon Comics by a year – over two if the revamp to Top-Notch Laugh Comics is included. MLJ ran a reader-participation competition in Top-Notch Comics #6 (June 1940), offering 100 prizes to readers who completed a coupon listing their favorite characters. Another feature unusual in early superhero strips

434-461: A series of stories that would be collected in 2012 as chapters of the sword and sorcery graphic novel Orion . Likewise, his Playboy feature "Amora", which he both wrote and drew, was collected as Heritage presents ... Amora , from the Forest Park , Georgia publisher Heritage in 1971. He illustrated and colored each of the several Roger Zelazny stories that the author self-adapted for

496-419: A shotgun blast to the face. He is able to fire off one final shot before he loses consciousness. When he wakes, he finds out that he shot and killed Thomas "Kip" Burland otherwise known as the Black Hood. After struggling to deal with his scarred face and slurred speech he slowly gains an addiction to pain killers. While high he puts on the Black Hood mask, given to him by a fellow Officer as a joke, and takes to

558-668: A smattering of romance and superhero tales. He also drew Western stories, and with writer Robert Kanigher co-created the Old West vigilante El Diablo in All-Star Western #2 (Oct. 1970). He did a small amount of work for Marvel during this time, with the cover and a romance story for My Love #14 (Nov. 1971), a Man-Thing cover and story in Adventure into Fear #10 (Oct. 1972), two " Gullivar Jones, Warrior of Mars " stories in Creatures on

620-400: A vigilante and fight injustice. An interesting feature of the hood was what appeared to be a curse. After a certain period of time, each wearer of the black hood would die. After the death of the Black Hood, the hood would find its way into the hands of another individual with the potential to become the next Black Hood. The titular black hood was originally an executioner's mask. As a warlock

682-473: A week for three months under Jerry Warshaw for "the total of my entire formal art training." His first formal commission "was something like a bank ad or a tie design when I was still in my teens." He joined the city's Feldkamp-Malloy art studio, later being fired. Feeling encouraged by a meeting with comic-strip artist Allen Saunders , Morrow submitted strip samples to various syndicates with no luck. Undaunted, he moved to New York City in winter 1955 and by

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744-585: A western Hood whose adventures served as an inspiration for the fictional adventures of the Lone Ranger within the Impact continuity. The Black Hood focused on the adventures of a series of vigilante characters with the same name throughout history. Each Black Hood character would somehow come in possession of a black hood. Characters wearing the hood were given heightened awareness, and increased strength, speed, and agility. The hood caused each of its wearers to become

806-527: A young Detroit criminal whose sister is murdered by the same criminals Mateo worked with, when Mateo himself tries to escape their influence. After using weapons and equipment found in the defunct headquarters of the Justice League Detroit , Mateo confronts the drug dealer responsible for his sister's death and takes his black bandana . It is unclear whether he kills the drug dealer when he says he has meted out justice. It remains to be seen how much of

868-666: Is not to be confused with the later Laugh Comics series). Gray Morrow Dwight Graydon " Gray " Morrow (March 7, 1934 – November 6, 2001) was an American illustrator of comics , magazine covers and paperback books . He is co-creator of the Marvel Comics muck-monster the Man-Thing and of DC Comics Old West vigilante El Diablo . Morrow was born March 7, 1934, in Fort Wayne, Indiana , and he attended North Side High School . He recalled in 1973 that, "Comic art

930-531: Is written by Duane Swierczynski with issues 1 through 5 and 7 drawn by Michael Gaydos. Howard Chaykin guest-illustrated issue 6 and Robert Hack guest-illustrated issue 8. Greg Scott started as the series new artist in February 2016 beginning with issue 9. In his first incarnation, the Black Hood is a costumed man of mystery who has been trained by a hermit to battle evil. The comic book is at first intentionally vague as to whether he possesses superpowers, or simply has

992-914: The Buck Rogers strip in 1979 and the Tarzan Sunday strip from 1983 to 2001. He recalled trying out for Prince Valiant , saying he provided a sample "when [strip creator] Hal Foster decided to go into semi-retirement. It was done in August and published in October or November of '71. It was done as a sample when Foster interviewed [me] and a couple of others ( Wally Wood and John Cullen Murphy) to take over." Through 1974 and early 1975, he edited and frequently drew stories for Archie Comics ' imprint of non-teen-humor titles, Red Circle Comics , including Chilling Adventures in Sorcery , its successor Red Circle Sorcery , and

1054-618: The Al Adamson horror film Five Bloody Graves (1970), and drew the King Kong cover of the premiere issue of The Monster Times . By 1973, when he was living in Brooklyn, Morrow was married with a family that included adopted children. He was living in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania , and suffering from Parkinson's disease when he died November 6, 2001, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He

1116-617: The TV series of that name . Active in the early independent comics of the 1970s, Morrow contributed mostly spot illustrations, covers and pinups rather than stories to titles including publisher David Jablin's Imagination #1 (1971); Mark Feldman's I'll Be Damned #4 (1971); John Carbonaro's Phase #1 (Sept. 1971); Doug Murray & Richard Garrison Heritage #1A and 1B (1972); and Gary Berman & Adam Malin's Infinity #2, 3B, 4-5 (1970?-1973). In 1978, he began publishing, in Heavy Metal magazine,

1178-415: The "first" Black Hood, who revealed that the family had in fact used the pseudonym throughout history. This version is less flamboyantly costumed, preferring to wear the mask with regular biker leathers, rides a high performance motorcycle and is typically armed with a custom designed Pepper-box pistol with multiple functions. This Black Hood appeared in three issues of his own title (June–October 1983) and

1240-444: The 1950s, including horror, suspense and science fiction. He later did covers and stories for the company's New Trend comics and Picto-Fiction magazines. In late 1956, Morrow was drafted into the U.S. Army . Stationed at Incheon and Wolmido Island , South Korea, with Fox Company, he did "illustrations and paintings for the officers' club, day rooms, insignias on helmets for their parades ... you know, anything and everything. That

1302-547: The 1980s and 1990s. Morrow next began a three-year association with Warren Publishing 's line of black-and-white horror-comics magazines in 1964, starting with the six-page story "Bewitched!," written by Larry Ivie , in Creepy #1, and contributed over a dozen stories to that magazine and its sister publication Eerie , as well as to the war-comics magazine Blazing Combat , through 1967. He also painted four horror covers for Warren. For competitor Skywald Publications , he drew

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1364-602: The 96-page graphic short-story collection The Illustrated Roger Zelazny , produced by Byron Preiss Enterprizes and published by Baronet Publishing in February 1979. In addition to comics, Morrow in the 1960s and 1970s was an illustrator for many science-fiction magazines, with examples of his work gracing most of the covers of the American version of the Perry Rhodan paperback-book series. He did regular interior artwork for Galaxy Science Fiction from 1964 to 1968 including

1426-415: The Black Hood, wearing a black mask with eye holes and a brown jacket as his costume. He is gunned down and killed by police officer Gregory Hettinger while dressed as the Black Hood. Later, Gregory Hettinger takes up the mantle of the Black Hood. In 1991 , DC Comics revived the character briefly in its Impact Comics imprint. The Impact Comics series featured three major Black Hoods: a bitter vigilante who

1488-478: The Elephant ", but this company, too, went defunct. He then worked for Williamson and Wood doing backgrounds and layouts, and through Williamson began contributing to Atlas Comics , the 1950s iteration of Marvel Comics , drawing several supernatural - fantasy stories plus at least four Westerns and one war story on titles cover-dated July 1956 to June 1957. Morrow illustrated several stories for EC Comics in

1550-592: The Historical Souvenir Co.'s 40-page, non-fiction Epic Battles of the Civil War #2 - Shiloh (1998); drew children's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers adventurers for Hamilton Comics and adult-oriented stories for Penthouse Comix ; and did work for such independent comics publishers as Aardwolf Publishing , Dark Horse Comics and NBM , and the underground comix publisher Rip Off Press . His last new work

1612-507: The Loose #20-21 (Nov. 1972 - Jan. 1973), and virtually his only Marvel superhero story, a 10-page Falcon feature in Captain America #144 (Dec. 1971). By 1973, Morrow had served as an uncredited ghost artist or art assistant on the syndicated comic strips Rip Kirby by John Prentice , Secret Agent X-9 by Al Williamson and Big Ben Bolt by John Cullen Murphy . He took over

1674-545: The Mold (who transforms humans into mold), and Octavius, the violinist and author of "the Dance of Death". He also fights the Crow. The Black Hood enjoyed popularity for a while until he dropped from the covers and was gradually replaced by talking animal characters, as the popularity of the superhero genre faded in the late 1940s. His last few stories were as a private detective without wearing

1736-532: The Mystery Man). The Black Hood was revived by artist Gray Morrow during his time as an editor at Archie's Red Circle Comics line in the early 1970s, and was first published years later in Archie's Super Hero Comic Digest Magazine #2 (1979). In these stories, which includes one drawn by popular penciler Neal Adams , The Black Hood's second incarnation, Thomas "Kip" Burland, was given the secret identity by his uncle,

1798-642: The Soapy Sleuth" joined the roster. From issue #28 he was joined by "Pokey Oakey", "Senor Siesta", the boxing humor strip "Canvas Back Corkle", "Percy The Three Monkey-teers" and, from issue #29 (Sept. 1942), "Gloomy Gus – the Homeless Ghost". One of these new humor strips, "Dotty and Ditto" by Bill Woggon (best known for his " Katy Keene " comic) was unusual as it featured a continuing storyline as opposed to single-issue scripts. A peculiar effect of MLJ retaining Black Hood, one of their most popular characters, on

1860-638: The Underworld " (#3-25), initially by Irv Novick but later written by editor Harry Shorten and drawn by Bernie Klein, had made two appearances in Blue Ribbon Comics prior to transferring to Top-Notch Comics . The superhero the " Firefly " made 19 appearances (#8–26) while "Kardak the Mystic Magician", by the Shorten/Klein team lasted 25 issues. Black Hood , who appeared from issue #9 (Oct. 1940) until

1922-855: The World by Jules Verne (#163, July 1961); and The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas (#165, Jan. 1962), which he said he penciled and inked at the rate of "eight pages a day ... as fast as I've ever been able to go" since "I'd moved to California and needed those checks badly." Morrow also supplied drawings for chapters in Classics Illustrated Special Issue #159A, Rockets, Jets and Missiles (Dec. 1960), and in 13 World Around Us issues ranging from Prehistoric Animals (Nov. 1959) to Famous Teens (May 1961). One of those, #W28, Whaling (Dec. 1960), resulted in unexpected controversy when he accurately depicted African-American whalers : [T]he page rate [at Gilberton in general] wasn't much for

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1984-578: The Worlds of Time" (#1–2) written by Otto Binder as ' Eando Binder ' and drawn by his brother Jack Binder; and "Streak Chandler on Mars" (#4–8), the crime story "Lucky Coyne, Undercover Man" (#1) and true crime detection stories in "Manhunters" by future Plastic Man creator Jack Cole (artist) (#1–3); and a number of adventure tales, "Swift of the Secret Service" (#1–3), "The Mystic" (#1–3), "Dick Storm" (#2–8) and "Stacey Knight, M.D." (#2–4). Furthering

2046-402: The accuracy and authenticity they expected, but it was a challenge to 'do it right.' Roberta and Len Cole were demanding but genial editors. One job I do remember ... something about whaling, got me in dutch [i.e. trouble] with Roberta. My research indicated that many of the whalers were black — so that's what I drew. She had a fit and insisted they all be redrawn to 'avoid controversy.' In

2108-462: The cover of Top-Notch Laugh Comics was that he shared the covers in humorous situations with the other featured characters, despite maintaining the dark, violent tone of his previous stories within the issues. Despite the switch to a humor theme, Top-Notch Comics first went to a bi-monthly schedule with #43 (Feb. 1944), and then was retitled Laugh Comix with issue #46 (Summer 1944) for three more issues before being canceled with #48. ( Laugh Comix

2170-688: The eight-page "The Skin And Bones Syndrome" for Psycho #1 (Jan. 1971), and co-created the muck-monster Man-Thing , with writers Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway , in Marvel Comics ' first entry into the adult-oriented comics-magazine market, the black-and-white Savage Tales #1 (May 1971). By 1970, Morrow was married to Betty Morrow, who wrote a story he drew, "The Journey", in the early independent comic witzend #7 (1970). That same year he returned to color comics, drawing several supernatural-fantasy stories for DC Comics ' Witching Hour , House of Secrets and House of Mystery , as well as

2232-893: The end, the problematic chapter, "The Long Voyage", retained what one comics historian called "a respectable number of African-American whalemen." Morrow, however, recalled, "[T]hey had me make them all white. I had to change their features." Concurrently, Morrow also illustrated entries in the Bobbs-Merrill juvenile book series "Childhood of Famous Americans", continuing with that publisher after Gilberton ceased production of new titles. Morrow's art appears in Henry Clay : Young Kentucky Orator (1963), Douglas MacArthur : Young Protector and other entries. Some, including Crispus Attucks , Black Leader of Colonial Patriots , Teddy Roosevelt , Young Rough Rider , and Abner Doubleday : Young Baseball Pioneer , were reprinted by successor publishers in

2294-450: The first black-and-white horror-comics magazines, the Joe Simon -edited Eerie Tales #1 (Nov. 1959) from Hastings Associates, penciling and inking two four-page stories by an unknown writer, "The Stalker" and "Burn!" In the early 1960s, Morrow anonymously illustrated three literary adaptations for Classics Illustrated : The Octopus by Frank Norris (#159, Nov. 1960); Master of

2356-410: The following spring had met fellow young comics artists Al Williamson , Angelo Torres , and Wally Wood . He sold his first comic-book story, a romance tale , to Toby Press , which went out of business before it could be published. Morrow next did two stories for another company — a Western with original characters and an adaptation of pulp-fiction writer Robert E. Howard 's " The Tower of

2418-785: The illustrations for the original Galaxy Science Fiction publication of the Hugo -winning novella Soldier, Ask Not by Gordon R. Dickson . Additionally, he drew for satirical-humor magazine National Lampoon In the 1980s, he wrote and drew Pacific Comics ' three-issue Edge of Chaos (July 1983 - Jan. 1984), a science-fiction retelling of the story of the Greek gods . Through the decade he did sporadic but diverse work for Marvel and DC, ranging from stories of Lois Lane to those of Mark Hazzard: Merc , as well as horror and science-fiction stories for Eclipse Comics ; satirical humor for Cracked ; "The Sex Vampires from Outer Space" and other stories for

2480-563: The issue. In a change of editorial direction, from issue #28 (July 1942) the story emphasis changed to humor strips and the title became Top-Notch Laugh Comics to reflect this. All the long-running adventure series from Top-Notch Comics ended between issue #24 (Feb. 1942) and #27 (May 1942), leaving only Black Hood and Kardak the Mystic Magician as non-humor strips in the title; although Kardak only lasted until issue #30 (Nov. 1942). This change of emphasis to humor strips had been presaged in Top-Notch Comics #25 (March 1942) when "Snoopy McGook,

2542-507: The last issue of the renamed Top-Notch Laugh Comics (#45, June 1944), was the longest running character in the title, displacing The Wizard to feature on every cover from #9. MLJ also introduced a wide range of long-lasting adventure characters early on in the series; "Air Patrol" (#1–27), re-titled "Wings Johnson of Air Patrol" from #3 (Feb. 1940), about an American flyer who enlists in the British R.A.F. before America enters World War II ,

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2604-400: The name of "The Connection" and where to find him. Hettinger confronts "The Connection" who is revealed to be Deputy Mayor John Cuthbert. After engaging in a fight with Cuthbert, Hettinger is able to put the Black Hood mask over Cuthbert's face before pushing him through a window where he falls to his death. It is later reported that Cuthbert's death is being investigated as a suicide and that he

2666-525: The original Red Circle Comics imprint. It lasted for three issues from June to October 1983. This Black Hood was known as Thomas "Kip" Burland, the nephew of the original Black Hood. In 1991, a third series was released under the Impact Comics imprint when DC Comics received the rights to the Red Circle superheroes. It lasted for 13 issues which included 12 regular issues and one annual. A fourth series

2728-414: The period of Archie Comics ' Mighty Comics period. He also appeared through 1967 in solo stories in Fly-Man #34 & 35 and Mighty Comics #41–44, 46, 47 & 50. This version of The Black Hood rides initially on a robot horse called Nightmare (destroyed in Mighty Crusaders #1) before switching to a motorcycle. In Brazil, this version of the Black Hood was known as Titan O Homem Mistério (Titan

2790-474: The same publisher's black-and-white comics magazine Monsters Attack ; and Marvel Graphic Novel: Dreamwalker (1989), a 63-page superhero / espionage thriller written by actors Miguel Ferrer and Bill Mumy . He drew the comics adaptations of the Sheena and Supergirl movies in 1984. Morrow briefly drew DC's Spectre series in 1988. The following decade, continuing his trend of wide-ranging work, he drew

2852-573: The similarities with Blue Ribbon Comics , the medieval Knights of the Round Table tale " Galahad " by Lim Streeter (#5–11), mirrored the Green Falcon series in that title. Early issues of Top-Notch Comics also contained text stories, as all comic books did through the early 1960s to satisfy U.S. Postal Service requirements for magazine rates. A few short humor strips also featured in the first four issues, "Lonesome Luke", "Impy" by Winsor McCay and

2914-403: The single-issue The Super Cops , based on two real-life New York City Police Department detectives. Following this, he specialized in covers and stories for such black-and-white Marvel magazines as Masters of Terror , Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction and Marvel Preview . Afterward, through 1976, he was art director of Charlton Comics ' black-and-white magazine Space: 1999 , based on

2976-439: The streets to stop a cry for help. He slowly begins to go out more as the Black Hood and after being framed by the local drug ring, and being demoted to desk duty, he sets out to take down the leader known only as "The Connection" while also helping with civil disturbances. After almost getting killed by some drug dealers, Hettinger confides in his speech therapist, Jessie Dupree, and together they are able to find someone who knows

3038-523: The superhero feature "Powerline", by writers D. G. Chichester and Margaret Clark, in several issues of the Marvel/ Epic Comics anthology A Shadowline Saga: Critical Mass ; inked Michael Davis Lawrence on writer Mike Grell 's DC Comics miniseries Shado : Song of the Dragon #1-4; contributed to DC's " The Big Book of ... " trade paperback line of non-fiction vignettes on a variety of topics; drew

3100-530: The thirteen issues of The Mighty Crusaders (March 1983 – September 1985), as well as two issues of Blue Ribbon (a new story in #11 [August 1984] and a reprint of the Super Hero Comic Digest material in #8 [May 1984]). In the final issues of Mighty Crusaders , the younger Black Hood reverts to the yellow and black/blue costume worn by the prior incarnation of the character. Thomas "Kip" Burland appears in The Black Hood (vol. 4) #1 (February 2015) as

3162-461: The unusual strength, agility, and healing abilities that costumed crime fighters seem to possess. His real name is Matthew Kipling "Kip" Burland, an ex-cop who has been framed for grand larceny and left for dead by a villain known as the Skull. Burland eventually clears his name, but continues to wear the costume. Matthew Burland's love interest is a newspaper reporter named Barbara "Babs" Sutton. He drives

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3224-568: Was being executed for the crime of witchcraft, he cursed not the executioner, but his hood. From that point on, whoever wore the hood would be compelled to "do only good". DC Comics again licensed the Archie Comics superheroes and began integrating them into the DC Universe in 2009 . The DC Universe version of the Black Hood made his debut in January 2010s issue of The Web . He is Mateo Burland ,

3286-520: Was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System from July 5, 1943 to January 14, 1944. Top-Notch Comics Top-Notch Comics is an American comic book anthology series that was published by MLJ Magazines Inc. , more commonly known as MLJ Comics, during the 1930s and 1940s period known as the Golden Age of Comic Books . From issue #28 it was re-titled Top-Notch Laugh Comics . It

3348-565: Was certainly the first artform I remember being impressed with ... [T]hose gorgeous gory newsstand spreads ..." After serving as editor of his high-school yearbook, for which he did cartoons and illustration, and working a number of odd jobs including "soda jerk, street repairman, tie designer, exercise boy on the race track circuit, etc.," he enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, Illinois, in late summer 1954, studying two nights

3410-439: Was featured in the other Impact Comics titles and killed in the first issue of The Black Hood ; a high school student who reluctantly took the hood and later abandoned it; and a former mobster, the same mobster who killed the first Black Hood. Numerous other Black Hoods from various time periods were featured in stories from the comics annuals, such as a female Black Hood who lived in medieval France patterned after Joan of Arc and

3472-490: Was his posthumously published contribution, with four other artists, to the 10-page story "Letters From a Broken Apple", written by Neil Kleid, in Alternative Comics' benefit one-shot 9-11 Emergency Relief (Jan. 2002). Morrow worked in television animation , including on a Spider-Man TV series, and was a member of The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 . He painted or drew the theatrical one-sheet for

3534-423: Was in fact the Black Hood attempting to take out the competition. Hettinger is re-promoted to being an Officer after it is made clear that he was framed by Cuthbert and after being sent to rehab on account of his addiction is seen sewing a new Black Hood mask so that he can continue to make up for his sins. The series has so far been assembled into the following collection: A 15-minute radio serial, Black Hood ,

3596-412: Was launched a month after Blue Ribbon Comics #1 (Nov. 1942) with an editorial page exclaiming 'Let's all whoop it up together for TOP-NOTCH....THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC BOOK!' . The series was edited by Harry Shorten . The format of Top-Notch Comics was very similar to Blue Ribbon Comics ; 64 pages of short strips, initially featuring a mixture of science-fiction stories such as "Scott Rand in

3658-538: Was my official duty." After being discharged in 1958, "My friend Angelo Torres took me around to a couple of his clients, one being 'Classics' [i.e., the Gilberton Company , publisher of the Classics Illustrated comic-book series of literary adaptations], and I was given a script. One thing led to another and I was soon working on a regular basis. Prior to his Gilberton stint, Morrow contributed to one of

3720-471: Was released under the Archie Comics' imprint Dark Circle Comics in February 2015. In this version the man under the hood is Officer Gregory Hettinger who takes up the mantle of the Black Hood after accidentally killing the Thomas "Kip" Burland version. The series is a much darker and serious take on the character and has a modern, violent spin as it examines cops and criminals in the city of Philadelphia. The series

3782-545: Was used several times by MLJ. In Top-Notch Comics #5 (May 1940), MLJs Pep Comics character the Shield guests in the Wizard story, while The Wizard appeared in the "Keith Cornell, West Pointer" story. This cross-over gimmick was repeated in #7 by The Shield and The Wizard again (although only in a 3-panel cameo). This time the appearance was designed to set up the announcement of a new MLJ title, Shield-Wizard Comics #1, advertised in

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3844-548: Was written and drawn by Irv Novick , and later by Jo Blaire and Ed Smalle, "The West Pointer", later renamed "Keith Cornell, West Pointer" (#7–27) which followed Keith Cornell through United States Military Academy and into various theaters of war, "Fran Fraser"', about a girl photographer who travelled the world on adventure assignments, by Irv Novick and Joe Blair (#9–24) and a boxing story, "The St Louis Kid" (#14–26) with artwork mainly by Bob Montana best known for his work on Archie Andrews . This line-up gave Top-Notch Comics

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