Hangman Comics
Archie · 1942–1943 · 7 issues
About the series
During the Golden Age, Archie Comics launched Hangman Comics (1942–1943), a seven-issue series that blended costumed heroics with wartime pulp energy. The title character, a masked vigilante, was joined by sidekick Dusty and allies like Bob Dickering and Dustin Simmons, while writers Otto Binder and Scott Feldman and artists Bob Fujitani, Harry Lucey, and Irv Novick shaped its brief, punchy run. Though short-lived, the series stands as a snapshot of Archie’s early foray into superhero publishing, offering a quirky, lesser-known corner of 1940s comics history.