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Issue: Hangman Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #5 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/04/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 1.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard golden age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Irv Novick (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hangman
Character(s): The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Rusty; Roy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Voice of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Fujitani (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Fujitani (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hangman
Character(s): The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; The Prophet (introduction, death); Dixie Rand (villain, introduction, death); Arson Joe (villain, introduction); Dutch (villain, introduction); unnamed gangsters (villains, introductions)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mary Goss (signed)
Penciller(s): Mary Goss (signed)
Inker(s): Mary Goss (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): World Wonders
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Chloroform For the Corpse

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Scott Feldman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hangman
Character(s): The Hangman [Bob Dickering]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Murderer On the Mississippi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Fujitani (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Fujitani (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hangman
Character(s): The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Monk Fredricks (villain, introduction); Eve Bradbury (villain, introduction); Don Wilkinson (villain, introduction, death); Ross Reed (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 13
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Archie Comics.
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The Artist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder ?
Penciller(s): Bob Fujitani (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hangman
Character(s): The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Norton Rockhill (named for artist Norman Rockwell, introduction, death); The Artist II [John Wilson] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: John Wilson is an artist of little talent and doesn’t take criticism well, so he kills famous painter Norton Rockhill who had put down his work after showing him a painting of how he was going to die. He then sent similar paintings to other critics of his work, but eventually his killing spree was stopped by the Hangman.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Golden Age artist Paul Reinman (as Reinmann) is refereed to as an artist whose painting is exhibited in an art gallery. Reinman actually was a painter and examples of his work exist.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Hangman's Puzzle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Special Case No. 10

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero, teen
Feature(s): Boy Buddies
Character(s): The Boy Buddies [Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; Dr. Farnsworth (introduction, death); Gloria Gilbert (introduction); Johnny Templeton (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Pep Comics.
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Junior Flying Corps

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Names of Junior Flying Corps members and info on joining the group.
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Special Case No. 11

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero, teen
Feature(s): Boy Buddies
Character(s): The Boy Buddies [Dusty [Dusty Simmons]; Roy the Super-Boy [Roy Carter]; Heinrich (villain, introduction); Nazi spies (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mary Goss (signed)
Penciller(s): Mary Goss (signed)
Inker(s): Mary Goss (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World Wonders
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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