Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	June 1983
Frequency	bi-monthly in February, April, June, August, October and December.
Cover Price	1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Buckler; Victor Gorelick (Production Editor); Richard H. Goldwater (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters	Black Hood
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Toth (signed)
Inks	Alex Toth (signed)

1 page text article "Crusader Chronicles"

Characters	Black Hood
Script	Robin Snyder
Pencils	? (cover reprint)
Inks	? (cover reprint)
Letters	typeset
Notes	A brief look at the Black Hood's history.
Reprinted	from Top-Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 series) #9 (October 1940) [cover reprint]

18 page Black Hood story "The Mask and the Man"

Characters	Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Black Hood [Matt Burland] (cameo flashback); Phil Martin; Jason Strang [Death-Monger]; Blaine Farrell; Carolyn Farrell (flashback only); "Nails" Garson; Cyrene
Synopsis	The Black Hood is recruited by the CIA to stop an international criminal from selling classified defense documents to the highest bidder.
Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Burkett
Pencils	Gray Morrow
Inks	Gray Morrow
Colors	Barry Grossman

1 page letters page "Hoodwinks"

Script	Rich Buckler
Letters	typeset

6 page story "Get On The Stick, Kramer"

Synopsis	An ex-marine faces his harshest drill sergeant in civilian life.
Genre	horror; occult
Script	Marv Channing
Pencils	Doug Wildey
Inks	Doug Wildey

4 page Black Hood story "Crime Hits a Sour Note"

Characters	Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Marilyn White (Kip's date); Damian (an associate of Kip's); Dennis Gordon (a ticket manager);
Synopsis	The Black Hood foils a gang who's kidnapped an entire orchestra.
Genre	superhero
Script	Marv Channing; Robin Snyder
Pencils	Al McWilliams
Inks	Al McWilliams
Notes	This story was originally intended for a new Black Hood title planned in the mid-70s.
Reprinted	in Archie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1979 series) #2

1 page Black Hood illustration "Secrets of the Dark Avenger"

Characters	Black Hood; Damian
Genre	superhero
Script	Gray Morrow?
Pencils	Gray Morrow (signed)
Inks	Gray Morrow (signed)
Notes	A one-page featurette on the weapons produced by Damian, the Black Hood's weaponer.

1 page Black Hood illustration "Black Hood"

Characters	Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Cyrene; Death-Monger
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gray Morrow (signed)
Inks	Gray Morrow (signed)
Notes	back cover