Unofficial Hit Comics Index |
Credits:
Story | Dan Zolnerowich |
Art | Dan Zolnerowich |
Lettering | Dan Zolnerowich |
Editing | Ed 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.
Credits:
Story | Will Eisner |
Art | Charles Sultan |
Lettering | Charles Sultan |
Editing | Ed 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.
Credits:
Art | Leonard Frank |
Lettering | Leonard Frank |
Editing | Ed Cronin |
Feature Character(s):
Comment(s):
- ? and Leonard Frank credited as Lowell Riggs.
Credits:
Art | Charles Nicholas |
Lettering | Charles Nicholas |
Editing | Ed 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.
Credits:
Story | S. M. Iger |
Art | Alex Blum |
Lettering | Alex Blum |
Editing | Ed 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.
Credits:
Story | S. M. Iger |
Art | Alex Blum |
Lettering | Alex Blum |
Editing | Ed 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.