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Issue: Hit Comics #21 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/04/1942
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Max Elkan
Max Elkan
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Stormy Foster
The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]
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Miscellaneous
1
King Korman's Castle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Max Elkan [as Maxwell Elkan] (signed)
Max Elkan [as Maxwell Elkan] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Stormy Foster
The Great Defender [Stormy Foster]; Ah Choo; Count Manfred Von Grebe (villain); Heinz (villain); Manuel (villain); Ortiz (villain); Jose (villain); Hanz (villain); King Korman (villain)
On a delivery to nearby Death Valley, Foster and Ah Choo find a dying man and decide to trail his killers.
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Miscellaneous
11
Tootin's Goldfish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Dan Tootin
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Dutch Guiana Incident

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling
Klaus Nordling
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Bob and Swab
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Miscellaneous
5
The Whissler Building Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Stanley Charlot]
Al Bryant
Al Bryant
?
?
Subject Matter
Betty Bates
Betty Bates; Dode Van Huysen; Moe; John Holdes
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Arthur Beeman (signed)
Arthur Beeman
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Tommy Tinkle
A hike through the countryside is lots of fun in the springtime
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Captured by Axel Kopf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Brenner [as Wayne Reid]
George Brenner
George Brenner
?
?
Subject Matter
occult, war
Ghost of Flanders
Ghost of Flanders [Rip Graves]; Axel Kopf (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
7
Blacky Meyer Is Back in Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum
Witmer Williams [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
Witmer Williams [as B. H. Apiary] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Red Bee
The Red Bee [Rick Raleigh] (District Attorney); Blacky Meyer (villain)
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Miscellaneous
6
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.
The Top-Hatters Mob

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
S. M. Iger [as S. M. Regi]
Alex Blum
Alex Blum
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
The Strange Twins
Doug Strange; Rod Strange; The Top-Hatters Mob; Nevins
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Fluid of Fury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Merton Holmes]
Henry Kiefer
Henry Kiefer
?
?
Subject Matter
jungle
Lion Boy
Wangalo; Mahli; Mary Carney; John Carney
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Death Bowls a Strike

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hugo F. Flynn
Typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
Three-Ring Chaos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Lou Ferstadt
Lou Ferstadt
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Hercules
Hercules [Joe Hercules]; Daniel Nichols (circus owner); Laura Nichols (Daniel's daughter); Bozo (circus clown); Red Jake Mazola (villain)
Hercules came upon a circus and helps protect its owner from a mobster.
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Miscellaneous
6
Credits suggested by Jerry Bails Who's Who.

Last appearance.
Cloud of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Lincoln Ross]
Arthur Peddy
Arthur Peddy
?
?
Subject Matter
sports
Don Glory
Don Glory
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Miscellaneous
9

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