
Howard Chaykin guest-illustrated issue 6 and Robert Hack guest-illustrated issue 8.
#BLACKOUT MME EFFECT SERIES#
The series is written by Duane Swierczynski with issues 1 through 5 and 7 drawn by Michael Gaydos. 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. 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.

It lasted for 13 issues which included 12 regular issues and one annual.Ī fourth series was released under the Archie Comics' imprint Dark Circle Comics in February 2015. In 1991, a third series was released under the Impact Comics imprint when DC Comics received the rights to the Red Circle superheroes. This Black Hood was known as Thomas "Kip" Burland, the nephew of the original Black Hood. It lasted for three issues from June to October 1983. Ī second series debuted as part of the original Red Circle Comics imprint. He also appeared in nine issues of Jackpot Comics (1941-1943). At that point, he moved to Pep Comics for three years, from issue #48 (May 1944) to #60 (March 1947).

The character remained in Top-Notch Comics until issue #44 (April 1944). It lasted for 11 issues before being retitled Laugh Comics and becoming an all-humor title. The Black Hood became a popular character and was given his own title, Black Hood Comics, a pulp magazine in 1943. 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 first appeared in MLJ's Top-Notch Comics #9 ( cover-dated Oct. However, the character reappeared under the new Dark Circle Comics line in 2015. In recent decades, the Black Hood (along with other Archie Comics superheroes) has been sporadically licensed and published by DC Comics.

He has been in four self-titled series as well as in his own radio show, Black Hood (1943–1944). The Black Hood first appeared in Top-Notch Comics #9, October 1940 and became one of MLJ's most popular characters. The Black Hood is a fictional character created by MLJ Comics (later known as Archie Comics) during the period known as the " Golden Age of Comic Books". Magically increased physical abilities and awarenessĬover to Black Hood Comics #12 (Fall 1944) Art by Al Camy.Īrchie's Super Hero Comic Digest Magazine #2 (1979) The Black Hood, from Top-Notch Comics #9 (October 1940).
