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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Red Bee

Character(s): The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh]

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Pages: 1

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Writer(s): ? (signed as B. H. Apiary)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (Assistant District Attorney); Tom Darrow (District Attorney); Buddan (villain, introduction); Buddan's gang (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: Rick Raleigh, assistant to District Attorney Darrow, enters the role of the Red Bee to strike a tellilng blow at the taxi cab...

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Pages: 7

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Rod Strange (villain); Douglas Strange; Wing Low; Maj. Phillip Elliot (introduction); a gang of crooks (villains, introductions)

First Line: The African jungle! Many are the prizes that men have searched for in this steaming heart of Hades...

Synopsis: Doug and Rod Strange learn of their brotherhood and become friends.

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Pages: 7

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Genres: adventure, humorous

Character(s): Bob Masters; Swab Decker

First Line: Between Alaska and foreign-owned Big Diomede Island, lies the American island called Little Diomede...

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Pages: 5

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Betty Bates; Karlo (villain, introduction); his female boss (villain, introduction); Mr. Marks (introduction, death)

First Line: Betty Bates, the lovely lady attorney, is called to the bedside of a dying man.

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Pages: 4

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Writer(s): ? (signed as Gregg Powers)

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Spots (firedog); Cooky Stover (villain, introduction); Cooky Stover's gang (villains, introduction for all)

First Line: The real American hero,Hercules, the boy from the farm, shows big town crooks that crime is a fire that will burn even their own fingers.

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Pages: 6

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Writer(s): ? (signed as Cary Weyt)

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Genres: espionage

Character(s): G-5; Baron Hortessel (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: A machine gun sight, guarantee of air superiority has created a furor in Europe.

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Pages: 4

The Ghost's Revenge

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Writer(s): ? (signed as Pierre Winter)

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Genres: horror, occult

Character(s): The Old Witch

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Pages: 4

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Writer(s): ? (signed as Roy Talon)

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Blaze Barton; Prof. Solis; Kramo (villain, introduction); Martians (villains)

First Line: Congratulations, Professor Solis, the population as well as your friends are sure you will make a grand president!

Synopsis: Prof. Solis becomes President of Earth, 5020

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Pages: 4

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Writer(s): ? (signed as Lowell Riggs)

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Jack Doe; Jill Doe; Algernon (Jill's cousin, introduction); a killer (villain, introduction, death)

First Line: Jack and Jill, that ace sleuthing team, are resting up between chills and thrill, when...

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Pages: 4

Notes: Last appearance in Hit Comics. Jack and Jill will move to National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #8.

The Murdered Butler

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Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Tony Boone]

Letterer(s): Typeset

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Pages: 2

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Genres: jungle

Character(s): Lion Boy; a band of hunters (villains, introductions)

First Line: One day two little cubs wander away from the lion pack.

Synopsis: Lion Boy and his pride thwart a pair of big game hunters.

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Pages: 5

On Skeleton Island

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Tommy Tinkle; Choc'lit Drop (introduction); Emperor Jy-Gantic (introduction)

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Pages: 2

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Neon [Tom Corbet]; President Karla (introduction); The Four Lamas (villains, introductions, deaths)

First Line: Deep in the hills of Tibet, four lamas, masters of the mystic sciences of the Orient...

Synopsis: Neon must face and defeat a group of Tibetan telepaths.

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Pages: 6

Notes: It's a good bet that Blum did the art of this story as the only other artist identified as doing the strip was Lou Fine, whose style is easily recognizable, and who illustrated some stories in 1941.