ICYMI: When Archie Comics' Black Hood First Got His Own Comic In 1943 blackhood archiecomics sponsored
\n Kip Burland, a policeman who had been framed for theft and left for dead, and who wears a costume, hiding his identity to clear his name, one he maintains even after he succeeds.\nIn 1943, the comic book he appeared in, Hangman Comics, was renamed The Black Hood with its own #9, lasting another eleven issues before itself being retitled Laugh Comics. The character remained in Top-Notch Comics until 1944, switched to the comic that featured the Riverdale characters, Pep Comics.
The original was revived again in the eighties from Archie's Red Circle imprint, then in the nineties under DC Comics' Impact Comics imprint, before returning to Archie Comics in 2015 for a grim 'n' gritty revival. He also gained a greater prominence as a serial killing identity used in the Riverdale TV series.\nBut way back in 1943, this is when he first got his own title.
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