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Hit Comics 1

HIT COMICS #1

Cover Date: July 1940
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Lou Fine


Story: "Hercules" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Zolnerowich
ArtDan Zolnerowich
LetteringDan Zolnerowich
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Hercules (first appearance; a super-strong and invulnerable man)

Supporting Character(s):

Villain(s):

J. Willistone Jyppe (first appearance; a crooked real estate speculator)

Other Character(s):

Mrs. Hercules (first appearance; Joe's mother, dies)

Location(s):

Maryville (first appearance; Joe's hometown, in the northern part of US)
New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Zolnerowich credited as Dan Enloz.
Like DC's Wildcat and Little Boy Blue, Joe is inspired to fight crime from a comic book story, only this time Doll Man is his inspiration, and his costume is exactly like his, minus the shirt.


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Second Story: "X-5 Secret Agent" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWill Eisner
ArtCharles Sultan
LetteringCharles Sultan
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

X-5 (first appearance)

Villain(s):

Baroness Verber and her saboteurs (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

San Miguel

Comment(s):

Eisner and Sultan credited as Cary Weyt.


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Third Story: "Jack and Jill Super Sluths" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLeonard Frank
LetteringLeonard Frank
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Jack Doe
Jill Doe

Comment(s):

? and Leonard Frank credited as Lowell Riggs.


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Fourth Story: "The Red Bee" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCharles Nicholas
LetteringCharles Nicholas
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Red Bee (Rich Raleigh; first appearance; an assistant District Attorney)

Supporting Character(s):

Tom Darrow (first appearance; District Attorney of Superior City)

Villain(s):

Boss Storm (first appearance; a crooked political boss)

Location(s):

Superior City (first appearance)

Comment(s):

? and Charles Nicholas credited as B. H. Apiary.
The Red Bee drives a bright red roadster.


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Fifth Story: "The Strange Twins" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryS. M. Iger
ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Douglas Strange (first appearance; a member of Scotland Yard, framed for his identical twin's crime)
Rodney Strange (first appearance; kidnapped twin of Douglas; raised to be a criminal chief in the Chinese Tongs; captured by Douglas)

Supporting Character(s):

Wendy Hale (first appearance; Doug's fiancee)

Villain(s):

Sin Chow (first appearance; a Chinese criminal who takes revenge on Neville Strange by kidnapping one of his infant sons and raising him to be a criminal)

Location(s):

London, England
Limehouse District
Whitechappel District

Comment(s):

S. M. Iger and Alex Blum credited as S. M. Regi
This modern day portion of this story begins on July 8th, 1940.


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Sixth Story: "Neon the Unknown" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryS. M. Iger
ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingEd Cronin

Feature Character(s):

Neon the Unknown (Tom Corbett; first appearance; a member of French Foreign Legion who is transformed by a Neonic Pool)

Villain(s):

Lt. Cracket (first appearance; a cruel commander of the Foreign Legion who kills of Tom's patrol by sending them into the desert)
Morgan Crookes (first appearance; a wealthy man who trains aborigines on different continents to overthrow the civilizations)

Location(s):

Africa?
Brazil

Comment(s):

S. M. Iger and Alex Blum credited as Tagor Mokoy.


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