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Issue: Green Hornet Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1943
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Issues: #12 of 37 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/02/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, 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 Ongoing Series
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Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Green Hornet [Britt Reid]
First Line: American production for victory must not be stopped!
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Pages: 1
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A Salute and a Pledge

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred Harvey (photo)
Synopsis: The editors of Family Comics Group pay tribute to Sgt Alfred Harvey, now on leave for active duty with the armed forces of the United States.
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Pages: 1
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The Killer in Black

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato; Prof Edmund Rathstone; Casey Case; Ed Lowry; Mike Axford
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Pages: 10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spirit of '76 [Gary Blakely]; Tubby Reynolds; Susan Reynolds
First Line: I've planted the bombs! Three... four hours... and boom!
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Pages: 7
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The Spirit of "Bunk" Hill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): "Bunk" Hill (first appearance; only appearance); George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Daniel Boone; Billy Prescott; Benjamin Franklin; Colin Kelly; Andrew Jackson (mentioned); Thomas Edison (mentioned); Uncle Sam (on a poster)
First Line: High in the clouds, in the land of the beyond...
Synopsis: Dead Revolutionary War soldier "Bunk" Hill wants to be recognized for his heroism, but because he never mentioned it before, history (and his fellow dead heroes) have forgotten him. He returns to Earth to prove his courage, but neither the army nor navy will allow a dead man to enlist. But when the Germans attack Brooklyn, Bunk routs them using his ghostly powers. However, back in the afterlife, no one believes him!
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"Three long knocks and one short one...

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1.75
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Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation ,etc

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Printed in St Louis Mo.
Published by Family Comics, 67 West 44th St New York, NY
Editor Leon Harvey
Owners: Alfred Harvey (on leave with the US Army), Marjorie May [World Color Press].
Notary: Harry Summer
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Zebra [John Doyle]; Tom Spaulding; Flyn Pinkering
First Line: The shadow of the electric chair looms over Tom Spaulding...
Synopsis: A bedridden patient murders a man and then escapes through the hospital window.
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Pages: 8
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Mom was right
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: These cartoons are not all by the same artist. Some appear to be by Al Weine.
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Long Distance Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Q
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Mr. Q" feature.
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Green Hornet Buzzers
Synopsis: assorted puzzles
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Aye 'tank' I go home!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Roddy, you might as well donate this old bugle of yours to salvage
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The Clue That Went Up in Smoke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Hornet [Britt Reid]; Kato; Mike Axford; Casey Case
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Pages: 10

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