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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #8
Publication Date: May 1984
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Issues: #8 of 14 Issues (34 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Adventure SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/14/1984
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #41, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-03-06.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; 1-4 baxter; 5-14 newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants3
Disclose Reprinted In2
reprinted as/ in another Issue.
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Reprinted From5
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Black Hood (both Golden Age and Modern Age)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Black Hood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Uncle Matt [the Black Hood from the West]; Damian Doyle (Kip's weapons outfitter and electronics expert); Faye Traynor
Synopsis: While trying to fight corruption in his city, Kip Burland visits his uncle and is told about a secret tradition in the Burland family that may help Kip in his battles. Later that week, a mysterious hooded motorcyclist rescues the kidnapped daughter of one of Kip's witnesses.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagNew Crusaders: Legacy #[nn] published July 2013
In Content Item: FlagNew Crusaders #5 [Alitha Martinez Cover] published February 2013
as Black Hood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagArchie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine #2 published January 1979
was Black Hood Hits a Sour Note [Story on Interior Page(s)]similar to a story in Heavy Metal introducing a heroine called Stingaree (6/1979)
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Origin of the 1980s Black Hood that ties him into a series of Black Hoods over the generations. The Black Hood that operated during the 1940s and the 1960s is never revealed.
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It's Murder to Beat the Odds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Damian Doyle; Lefty Burkett
Synopsis: The Black Hood takes down a gambling den.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagArchie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine #2 published January 1979
was It's Murder to Beat the Odds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: These Black Hood stories were originally intended for publication in a new Black Hood #1 in the early-to-mid 70s.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Life's Not Like a Comic Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Hood [Kip Burland]; Rhonda Lee; Debbie Wiachek (dies in this story)
Synopsis: When Kip fails to stop a kidnapping in broad daylight, the Black Hoods comes out to find the kidnappers and save their victim.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie's Super Hero Comics Digest Magazine #2 published January 1979
was Life's Not Like a Comic Book [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Crusader Comments

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fly; Shield
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Original Shield #2 [Direct] published June 1984
was [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]cover
From Content Item: FlagThe Fly #7 [Direct] published June 1984
was Crusader Comments [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]cover
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Disclose Notes: Letters page dedicated to Jerry Bails. Letters from Jeff Rovin, Neal Alhadeff, Robert Klein, Linda Garcia and Michael Tierstein, Includes cover repros of the Fly # 7 and The Original Shield # 2.

Appears between pages 5 and 6 of the previous sequence.

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