Black Hood Comics #15

(Summer 1945)

Contents page (Table of Contents)

Black Hood / credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Hood

The Case of the Blood-Red Rubies (Table of Contents)

Black Hood / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irv Novick ?

Inks:

Pen Shumaker ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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)

Synopsis:

The Ghost of The Grand Lama has murdered two men to get back his Blood Red Ruby.

Indexer Notes

The inking seems more like Shumaker, with the big, round black eyes, and much black in the panels.

The Case of the Beautiful Corpse (Table of Contents)

Black Hood / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irv Novick?

Inks:

Pen Shumaker ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Sergeant McGinty; Pretty Boy Frawley (villain, introduction); Hiram Robbins (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

$25.000 to win in contest to choose the handsomest man in U.S.

Indexer 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.

[A Millionaire's Life] (Table of Contents)

Gloomy Gus / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gerald Kean ?

Pencils:

Red Holmdale (signed)

Inks:

Red Holmdale (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Gloomy Gus; St. Pete (guest-star); Percy Goldsmith (tycoon); Jimmy Silvers (tycoon)

Synopsis:

St. Peter wants substitutes for two dying tycoons to prevent a stock-market panic.

Indexer 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.

A Nickel's Worth of Murder (Table of Contents)

Black Hood / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Mr. Collins; Robert Jordan (bookkeper)

The Case of the Friendly Murder (Table of Contents)

Black Hood / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

Inks:

Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Sergeant McGinty; Bill Fix (villain, introduction); Rib Robbins (introduction, death); Al McLean (introduction); Clarence Jordan (introduction)

Synopsis:

Kip is invited to the class of '39 reunion.

Indexer 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.