Black Hood

([Summer 1944?])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The House That Crime Built (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Hood / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Clem Weisbecker [as Clem]; ?

Inks

Gil Kane ? [as Pen]; ?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mary Hawkins (Introduction, Villain, Death); The Black Hood

Synopsis

Narrated by "the house that crime built", this is the story of Black Hood solving a crime at a house built in 1821 with a history of crimes being committed in it.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #49 (June 1944)

Indexer Notes

First page image also used as cover. Modified from the original in the following ways: 1) One page deleted (page 8 from the original). 2) Pages 2,7 and new page 8 (original page 9) have been completely re-drawn. It appears as though they have been crudely traced from the original, perhaps the printing plates were not available for these pages?

Archie Is Good for What Ails You! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Aboard the NARCISSUS] ["But But -- I can explain everything, Mr. Weatherbee, honest!"] (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Goggin

Pencils

Harry Sahle [as Sahle]; ?

Inks

Virginia Drury [as Ginger]; ?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee uses his latest readings in Child Psycology and gives Archie responsibility for a school picnic aboard a boat. Archie accidentally charters a garbage scow, but everything turns out all right in the end.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #49 (June 1944)

Indexer Notes

Modified from the original in the following ways: 1) 2 pages have been deleted (original page 2 and 3) These two pages contained the part of the story where Archie is caught trying to play a prank on Reggie and sent to the principal's office. 2) Pages 3 (original page 5), 5 (original page 7) and 7 (original page 9) have been completely re-drawn. It appears as though they have been crudely traced from the original, perhaps the printing plates were not available for these pages?

[The Landgoing Tugboat] ["Ahoy mate!"] (Table of Contents: 5)

Catfish Joe / comic story / 5.66 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Harris (see note)

Pencils

Larry Harris (see note)

Inks

Larry Harris (see note)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Barney Keel (introduction); Catfish Joe; Kitty Keel; Gabby

Synopsis

Captain Barney Keel is driving a tugboat along the land when a dam breaks and he and Catfish Joe find themselves floating around on a newly created lake rescuing animals.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #46 (February 1944)

Indexer Notes

Artwork is signed in original printing but signatures have been eliminated for this reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Animal-Antix / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm Jim Crow, hello!

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Three fun facts about animals as submitted by readers. Address says to submit to "Catfish Joe", so presumably this was a sub-feature of that strip.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #46 (February 1944)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Black Hood, all the addresses of the kids who submitted the stories were changed to Canadian cities to make it seem more home-grown. 160 West Broadway New York, New York (the address to send letters to was changed to 160 West 21st Street, Calgary.

Tales of a Safety Pin (Table of Contents: 7)

Shield / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Irv Novick ?

Inks

Irv Novick ?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Silky Malone (villain, introduction); Miser (villain, introduction); The Shield; Dusty

Synopsis

A safety-pin that seems to be followed by bad luck helps The Shield and Dusty solve a crime.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #46 (February 1944)

Indexer Notes

In the reprint, The Shield's costume has been changed from stars and stripes to a Union Jack.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Pep's Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our little friend, here, was playing cops and robbers...

Synopsis

A maze with a copy of Super Comics at the center, a man holding a sign with scrambled letters and how to draw a face.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #48 (May 1944)

Indexer Notes

Name of comic in the puzzle page has been changed from Pep to Super (since Pep was not published by F.E. Howard).

[Marriage of the Medusa] ["Funny, Snooch I'd swear I've pulled this pirate out..."] (Table of Contents: 9)

Marco Loco / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Hubbell ?

Pencils

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Inks

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

humour; historical

Characters

The Medusa (Introduction, villain); Snooch; Marco Loco

Synopsis

Marco Loco and Snooch are hypnotised by the Medusa but then capture her and take her to the King to collect a reward.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #46 (February 1944)

Indexer Notes

Artwork is signed in original printing but signatures have been eliminated for this reprint. The last panel in the original has a "coming next issue" box that has been eliminated in the reprint.

Do You Know??? (Table of Contents: 10)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Chuck Purvis (credited, see note); Ed Goggin (actual)

Pencils

Chuck Purvis (credited, see note); Ed Goggin (actual)

Inks

Chuck Purvis (credited, see note); Ed Goggin (actual)

Letters

?

Synopsis

Four trick questions and answers including how to tell the left bank of a river from the right bank.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #48 (May 1944)

Indexer Notes

Title block in the original states "By Ed Goggin", but has been relettered in reprint to be "By Chuck Purvis". No other evidence of Chuck Purvis working in comics. Speculation that he re-lettered and redrew any pages that needed to be worked on for this reprint.

[The Bear Cub] (Table of Contents: 11)

Li'l Chief Bugaboo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Higgins ?

Pencils

Dave Higgins (see notes)

Inks

Dave Higgins (see notes)

Letters

?

Genre

humour

Characters

Li'l Chief Bugaboo; Fido

Synopsis

Li'l Chief Bugaboo and Fido find a bear cub and accidentally anger its mom.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #46 (February 1944) [all but first panel], #47 (March 1944) [first panel only]

Indexer Notes

Artwork is signed in original printing but signatures have been eliminated for this reprint. First panel taken from another story to replace first panel of this one. No obvious reason why the publisher would have done this.
Earlier indexer felt this was written by Theresa Woik [Szenics]. She is not known to have written any comics, but is known for inking and lettering.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)