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Issue: Hit Comics #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #18 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: 10/03/1941
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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Stormy Foster
Character(s): The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Stormy Foster
Character(s): The Great Defender [Stormy Foster] (drugstore clerk, introduction); Doc Vaughn; Ah Choo (Chinese delivery boy); Detective Cooper; Oshinto Karu (villain); Doc Falk (villain)
First Line: As war clouds warn America...
Synopsis: When thieves come in to pillage Doc Vaughn's drugstore, Stormy applies a fake moustache and pops a super-vitamin which imbues him with the strength of ten men.
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Pages: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dan Tootin
First Line: Try Tootin's Super Gas
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Ghost of Flanders
Character(s): Ghost of Flanders ["Rip" Graves] (introduction, origin); Fritz (villain, death); Carl (villain); Rudolf (villain); Eric (villain, death)
First Line: In 1918 -- 15 year old Rip Graves enlists in the army and leaves for combat in the First World War --
Synopsis: Supposedly dead in the First World War, "Rip" Graves operates as a superhero from a crypt beneath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In this tale, a group of Fifth Columnists seek to secure some important defense plans from Fort Brigg.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #91 published November 2013
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Ghost of Flanders uses a red poppy as his sign.

The Who's Who does not indicate that Brenner wrote this feature. Toni Blum wrote the feature in 1942 and is the only writer the Who's Who mentions.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Stanley Charlot]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Betty Bates, Lady-at-Law
First Line: I will prove my client, Mr. William Reid did not murder Lef Cotter!
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tommy Tinkle
First Line: Say- There might be something to this after all!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Bob and Swab
Character(s): Bob Masters; Swab Decker
First Line: The newly-commissioned U.S.S. Brimstone drops anchor at Bananaport...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Red Bee
Character(s): The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Mary Jellicoe; Martin Jellicoe
First Line: At the district attorney's country home, Rick spends a quiet weekend.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Compare artwork to signed story in Police #2.

The Who's Who indicates that Toni Blum wrote this feature in 1941-42.

Artist verification for Williams by the Who's Who. The strip was signed B. H. Apiary, which is a by-line on the strip and not a real person.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as S. M. Regi]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Strange Twins
Character(s): Douglas Strange; Rodney Strange; Spud McGuire (villain)
First Line: Wait a moment Rod. I'll step in here for a tin of Shag Smoking Mixture!
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Merton Holmes]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Lion Boy
First Line: One day, as Lion Boy and his brother Tawny...
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Pages: 5
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A Killer's Last Chance

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Roberts
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Gregg Powers] (signed)
Penciller(s): ? [as Gregg Powers] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Gregg Powers] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hercules
Character(s): Hercules [Joe Hercules]; two un-named monument works employees; Mr. Clinton (owner of the monument works); Sledge (villain, foreman at monument works); Ferret (villain, manager at monument works)
First Line: Hercules passes a monument works
Synopsis: Joe helps out a couple of workers attempting to move a heavy tombstone then notices large welts on their backs. Investigating, Hercules discovers the foreman and manager at the monument works are treating the employees like slaves, taking half their earnings, all unbeknownst to the owner.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Don Glory
Character(s): Don Glory; June
First Line: Don Glory returns to the ring...
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Pages: 9

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