{"id":42,"date":"2006-10-08T11:10:04","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T16:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=42"},"modified":"2017-04-01T20:49:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T01:49:26","slug":"golden-age-of-comics-october-8-2006-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2006\/10\/08\/golden-age-of-comics-october-8-2006-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age of Comics October 8, 2006 – #45"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 45th episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast, we talk about the Hangman<\/span><\/strong> who was created for MLJ Comics. The Hangman first appeared in Pep Comics<\/em> #17 (July, 1941). He came into being after the death of The Comet, another MLJ Superhero who got his start in the pages of Pep Comics<\/em> #1 (January, 1940). The Comet was the first superhero to die in the Golden Age of Comic Books. As the story goes, the Hangman’s origin flows directly from the death of The Comet. At the end of the story the Hangman exclaims, “And now, I’ll carry on his work! The Comet has died, but his spirit lives on…in the Hangman! Beware criminals, you cannot outrun your own conscience…nor escape the gallows!”<\/strong><\/em> You’ll find all of the details in the podcast! You can find reprints of all of the Hangman stories at Goldcomics.com<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I mention the new collected edition, Disney Comics: The Classic Collection<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. This hard cover edition (complete with plastic dust jacket) reprints the following stories from the pages of Four Color Comics<\/em>:<\/p>\n