The saga of the Black Hood during the WW2 era and beyond makes the character a historically unique part of the Golden Age. BlackHood MLJ sponsored
Although Top Notch Comics editor Harry Shorten is said to be the creator of the character, fellow MLJ writer/editor Abner Sundell wrote the first Black Hood story for. The character was arguably MLJ's biggest superhero success of the Golden Age and soon spawned a pulp title, a short-lived radio show, and his own comic book series. The character even survived the decline of the superhero era as WWII ended.
Once his alter ego becomes known, the Black Hood makes an interesting move — he decides to reboot himself in his real identity as Burland and launch the Black Hood Detective Agency — becoming a private investigator. The change stuck, and although the series ends with this issue, he continues as private detective Kip Burland in a handful of with issue #20 and featured the exploits of Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and the rest of the Riverdale crew.
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