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HIT COMICS #5

Cover Date: November 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-09-04

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Cover Credits:
Art: Lou Fine


Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtDan Zolnerowich
LetteringDan Zolnerowich
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Hercules

Supporting Character(s):

Villain(s):

Wolf Stead and his thugs (first appearance for all; owner of a rival motor car company trying to drive the competition out of business)

Comment(s):

Zolnerowich credited as Gregg Powers.
Hercules receives a beautiful red sedan for assisting the plant owner.


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Second Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryS. M. Iger
ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Douglas Strange

Villain(s):

Rod Ling Low (impersonates his brother and tries to steal an emerald)

Location(s):

Egypt

Comment(s):

S. M. Iger and Alex Blum credited as S. M. Regi


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCharles Sultan
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

G-5 (designation changed)

Villain(s):

A tyrannical ruler (first appearance; overthrown)

Location(s):

Quanalla (first appearance; a small South American nation)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCharles Nicholas
LetteringCharles Nicholas
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Red Bee

Supporting Character(s):

District Attorney Tom Darrow

Villain(s):

Crew of Flatboat 96 (first appearance for all; run a hitman crew out of a river flatboat)

Location(s):

Superior City

Comment(s):

? and Charles Nicholas credited as B. H. Apiary.


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJohn Lindermayer
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Jack Doe
Jill Doe

Supporting Character(s):

Suli (first appearance; the Doe's cook; suggests that Mrs. Doe trick her husband into trying to rescue her)


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Sixth Story: "In a Metropolis of Madmen!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryS. M. Iger
ArtAlex Blum
LetteringAlex Blum
EditingS. M. Iger

Feature Character(s):

Neon the Unknown

Villain(s):

An unnamed foreign power (first appearance; spreads a madness causing powder among the population)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

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


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