Hangman Archives

Special Comics #1 (MLJ, 1941) featuring the Hangman.
The series launch of the Hangman, a uniquely dark character from the Golden Age of comics, appropriately begins amid a veil of mystery Surprisingly, MLJ debuted the series for this foreboding character under the blandly neutral title Special Comics #1, rather than with the eponymous "Hangman Comics" name right from the start — like MLJ[...]
Pep Comics #17 (MLJ, 1941) featuring the Hangman.
Debuting in Pep Comics #17, The Hangman's story begins with a tragedy that fuels his mission for vengeance Robert Dickering, the brother of John Dickering — a superhero known as The Comet — witnesses his sibling's death and pledges to avenge the loss In doing so, he adopts his eerie moniker and spectral garb, adopting[...]
A Very Rare Hangman #6 Pops Its Head Up From 1943
Hangman Comics was an anthology comic published by MLJ Comics, who would later become Archie Comics, for seven issues in 1942 and 1942 Starring superhero The Hangman created by Cliff Campbell and George Storm, it also featured the Boy Buddies, made up of the teenage sidekicks of The Shield, Dusty the Boy Detective, and The[...]
Hangman Comics #7 (MLJ, 1943)
MLJ Magazines' superhero lineup tended towards horror-themed stories during the Golden Age, and the nature of the Hangman character lent itself to horrific themes more than most In a story by stand-out artist Bob Fujitani, Hangman Comics #7 tells the saga of a disgruntled scientist who teams up with a gangster to unleash a pandemic[...]
al pacino karl urban hangman
That trailer is for the new film Hangman. They synopsis for the film is rather simple: "A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game Hangman." The film is being helmed by former stuntman turned director Johnny Martin based on a script by Michael Caissie[...]
3 Heroes, 2 High Schoolers And A Hedgehog In March 2016 From Archie / Dark Circle
From the hero side we have The Black Hood, The Hangman and The Shield while Riverdale is represented with the latest versions of Archie and Jughead… plus there is some Sonic the Hedgehog as well. DARK CIRCLE COMICS THE BLACK HOOD #10 "The Lonely Crusade, Part 4" When he donned the Black Hood, Greg Hettinger swore to keep[...]
The Hangman Is Unlike Anything Archie Comics Has Ever Published Before
  This is The Hangman, the new Dark Circle comic book from Archie Comics, written by Frank Tieri and drawn by Felix Ruiz.   It appears to be pretty much nothing like Archie have ever published before Even when compared to Afterlife With Archie or even Black Hood Take a look – before it's out tomorrow.   What would Mr Weatherbee[...]
NYCC '15: Howard Chaykin On Black Hood And More From The Dark Circle Panel
The panel was moderated by Alex Segura (editor of Dark Circle Comics) and included Duane Swierczynski (writer of Black Hood), Frank Tieri (writer of Hangman), Dean Haspiel (artist for The Fox), Mike Pellerito (president of Archie Comics) and colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick.. The Hangman It was announced that "The Hangman" would finally be coming out November 4th[...]