The editors had enough confidence in the new character to put his name as the title on issue #9's cover, with "Top-Notch Comics" in a smaller circle below.

The series is a much darker and serious take on the character and has a modern, violent spin as it examines cops and criminals in the city of Philadelphia.

[5][needs update] In his first incarnation, the Black Hood is a costumed man of mystery who has been trained by a hermit to battle evil.

His real name is Matthew Kipling "Kip" Burland, an ex-cop who has been framed for grand larceny and left for dead by a villain known as the Skull.

Matthew Burland's love interest is a newspaper reporter named Barbara "Babs" Sutton.

[8] According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, the Black Hood's other enemies include "Panther Men, the Animal Man, the Mist (who can change into a cloud of mist at will), the Mold (who transforms humans into mold), and Octavius, the violinist and author of "the Dance of Death".

During the 1960s the Black Hood returned in Mighty Comics for two issues of Adventures of The Fly (#7, July 1960 and #11, March, 1961).

[11][12] This version of The Black Hood rides initially on a robot horse called Nightmare (destroyed in Mighty Crusaders #1) before switching to a motorcycle.

This version is less flamboyantly costumed, preferring to wear the mask with regular biker leathers, rides a high performance motorcycle and is typically armed with a custom designed Pepper-box pistol with multiple functions.

In the final issues of Mighty Crusaders, the younger Black Hood reverts to the yellow and black/blue costume worn by the prior incarnation of the character.

After using weapons and equipment found in the defunct headquarters of the Justice League Detroit, Mateo confronts the drug dealer responsible for his sister's death and takes his black bandana.

After struggling to deal with his scarred face and slurred speech he slowly gains an addiction to pain killers.

While high he puts on the Black Hood mask, given to him by a fellow Officer as a joke, and takes to the streets to stop a cry for help.

[16] He slowly begins to go out more as the Black Hood and after being framed by the local drug ring, and being demoted to desk duty, he sets out to take down the leader known only as "The Connection" while also helping with civil disturbances.

It is later reported that Cuthbert's death is being investigated as a suicide and that he was in fact the Black Hood attempting to take out the competition.

Hettinger is re-promoted to being an Officer after it is made clear that he was framed by Cuthbert and after being sent to rehab on account of his addiction is seen sewing a new Black Hood mask so that he can continue to make up for his sins.

[21] The Black Hood appears in The CW television drama Riverdale, predominantly modeled after the Thomas Burland version.

The Black Hood's victims include gunshot survivors Fred Andrews, Moose Mason and Midge Klump, with the latter becoming a fatality along with Geraldine Grundy / Jennifer Gibson, Robert Phillips / "The Sugarman" and Dr.

[22][23] In the second-to-last episode of season 2, the Black Hood is revealed to be Betty's father, Hal Cooper, who confesses to what he has done.