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Issue: Hit Comics #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #4 of 65 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/02/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): S. M. Iger
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Neon the Unknown
Character(s): Neon [Tom Corbet]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Future Society

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Nicholas [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Bee
Character(s): The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); Vanger (introduction); Dr. Marah (villain); Lizak (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The strip was signed with a by-line of B. H. Apiary, which was not a real person.
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The Budapest Crime Syndicate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Penciller(s): Alex Blum
Inker(s): Alex Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Strange Twins
Character(s): Rod Strange (villain); Doug Strange; Wing Low
Synopsis: Rod and Doug match wits over stolen jewels. This time in Budapest.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Case of the Crooked Eights

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell [as Stanley Charlot]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Betty Bates
Character(s): Betty Bates (intro); Roland Lawson (villain); Harvey Barth (villain); Fred Conlin (intro)
Synopsis: Betty wins her case via a gun battle in the courtroom.
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Pages: 5
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Assignment: Tradheim

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Cary Weyt]
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Charles Sultan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): X-5 Super Agent
Character(s): X-5; Von Setz (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Modern Art Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lowell Riggs]
Penciller(s): John Lindermayer ?
Inker(s): John Lindermayer ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Jack and Jill
Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe; Squee (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Overland Bus Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Greg Powers]
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hercules
Character(s): Hercules; William Onslow (villain); Pike (villain) Blacky (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Black Starred Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Pierre Winter]
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Old Witch
Character(s): The Old Witch
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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King of the Rockmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Roy Talon]
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth ?
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Blaze Barton
Character(s): Blaze Barton; Betty; The Rockmen (villains); their King (Intro)
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Pages: 5
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Madman's Castle, or, The Living Ghost

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum (Toni Boone)
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Cockroach Detail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Bob and Swab
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Antigravitol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Sandy Klauz]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tommy Tinkle
Character(s): Tommy Tinkle; Mary Lou; Sniff (Intro, villain)
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Pages: 2
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The Transatlantic Bridge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. M. Iger [as Tagor Maroy] (signed)
Penciller(s): Alex Blum
Inker(s): Alex Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Neon the Unknown
Character(s): Neon [Tom Corbet]; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dictator of Kampfland (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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